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Division II Section A Part 3
end; the second and third bays have windows to the south, the west end of the hall
has three large windows, and the third bay has also a doorway in the north. This
section of the building had two storeys. In the other longitudinal division of the build-
ing, (S) is a square chamber with a transverse arch, connecting with the westernmost
bay of the great hall, (T) is a similar chamber adjoining it on the east, and opening
upon the atrium by a doorway in the northwest angle, (V) is a smaller chamber, arched
like the others, with its doorway in the middle of the north wall of the atrium, and
(W) is a chamber corresponding to (T), but having three windows in its north wall
where the other chambers have only one or two. This chamber is not so deep as
the others; for its front wall is set back to give room for the passage (Y) mentioned
above. (X) is an oblong chamber lying north and south, not arched; but having two
storeys of corbel-and-slab construction.
In its lower storey this chamber has a row of six recesses, like cupboards, in the
east wall, and was apparently a cloak room, or a room for depositing arms; it opens
into a minute chamber in the northeast angle of the cruciform chamber, and had a
staircase on the west leading up to a small doorway over the passage (Y), where an-
other stair, above the passage, led up to the roof. An outer stair, corbelled out from
the south wall, leads up from the southeast angle of the building to the roof above
the cruciform chamber; both stairs conducted to about the same point on the roof.
Superstructure. Upon the ground-plan described above, with the aid of the parts
of the building that are still in situ, and by observation of the fallen parts, the accom-
panying elevations and sections (Ill. 142) were drawn. The photograph given in Ill.
140 shows just how much of the south wall is standing, and the south elevation, pre-
sented in Ill. 142, gives these parts slightly shaded, while the restored portions are
left white. It will be seen that the chief entrance to the atrium, with a window on
either side of it, and the little side entrance of the great hall on one side, and the
doorway of the passage (Y) on the other, give symmetry to the middle of the facade.
East of this are the large window in the end of the south arm of the cruciform chamber
and the outside stair. On the west of the middle of the facade, stands the two-storey
portion of the building, the entire height of which is preserved at its southeast angle,
where a lofty fragment, embracing sections of wall on both sides of the angle, and
carrying a small piece of the raking cornice, supplies data for the restoration of the
south fagade and the transverse section (E-F). The photograph (Ill. 140) shows one
complete window, with its hood, in this section of the south wall, and the upturned
sill of the window above it. There can be no doubt that there were three windows
in the lower storey on this side, — two beside the one shown in photograph — and it
is equally beyond question that there were three similar windows in the upper storey.
The three windows in the west end of the hall are also to be seen in the photograph.
The longitudinal section (A—B) cuts through the great hall (R), the atrium (O),
and the tunnel-vaulted cruciform chamber (P). The sections through the great hall
and the atrium are self-explanatory in view of the description of the plan already given.
The cut through the cruciform chamber shows the height and arrangement of the
tunnel vault springing from the crowns of the others, over the square intersection which
is now open to the sky. The intersection could not have been covered by a dome,
for the entire square is provided with an overhanging cornice, leaving no place for
pendentives, so that the choice must lie between a tunnel vault and a cloistered vault.
Division II Section A Part 3
end; the second and third bays have windows to the south, the west end of the hall
has three large windows, and the third bay has also a doorway in the north. This
section of the building had two storeys. In the other longitudinal division of the build-
ing, (S) is a square chamber with a transverse arch, connecting with the westernmost
bay of the great hall, (T) is a similar chamber adjoining it on the east, and opening
upon the atrium by a doorway in the northwest angle, (V) is a smaller chamber, arched
like the others, with its doorway in the middle of the north wall of the atrium, and
(W) is a chamber corresponding to (T), but having three windows in its north wall
where the other chambers have only one or two. This chamber is not so deep as
the others; for its front wall is set back to give room for the passage (Y) mentioned
above. (X) is an oblong chamber lying north and south, not arched; but having two
storeys of corbel-and-slab construction.
In its lower storey this chamber has a row of six recesses, like cupboards, in the
east wall, and was apparently a cloak room, or a room for depositing arms; it opens
into a minute chamber in the northeast angle of the cruciform chamber, and had a
staircase on the west leading up to a small doorway over the passage (Y), where an-
other stair, above the passage, led up to the roof. An outer stair, corbelled out from
the south wall, leads up from the southeast angle of the building to the roof above
the cruciform chamber; both stairs conducted to about the same point on the roof.
Superstructure. Upon the ground-plan described above, with the aid of the parts
of the building that are still in situ, and by observation of the fallen parts, the accom-
panying elevations and sections (Ill. 142) were drawn. The photograph given in Ill.
140 shows just how much of the south wall is standing, and the south elevation, pre-
sented in Ill. 142, gives these parts slightly shaded, while the restored portions are
left white. It will be seen that the chief entrance to the atrium, with a window on
either side of it, and the little side entrance of the great hall on one side, and the
doorway of the passage (Y) on the other, give symmetry to the middle of the facade.
East of this are the large window in the end of the south arm of the cruciform chamber
and the outside stair. On the west of the middle of the facade, stands the two-storey
portion of the building, the entire height of which is preserved at its southeast angle,
where a lofty fragment, embracing sections of wall on both sides of the angle, and
carrying a small piece of the raking cornice, supplies data for the restoration of the
south fagade and the transverse section (E-F). The photograph (Ill. 140) shows one
complete window, with its hood, in this section of the south wall, and the upturned
sill of the window above it. There can be no doubt that there were three windows
in the lower storey on this side, — two beside the one shown in photograph — and it
is equally beyond question that there were three similar windows in the upper storey.
The three windows in the west end of the hall are also to be seen in the photograph.
The longitudinal section (A—B) cuts through the great hall (R), the atrium (O),
and the tunnel-vaulted cruciform chamber (P). The sections through the great hall
and the atrium are self-explanatory in view of the description of the plan already given.
The cut through the cruciform chamber shows the height and arrangement of the
tunnel vault springing from the crowns of the others, over the square intersection which
is now open to the sky. The intersection could not have been covered by a dome,
for the entire square is provided with an overhanging cornice, leaving no place for
pendentives, so that the choice must lie between a tunnel vault and a cloistered vault.