The lobby was about 4^ feet
wide, and had in one end the stairs
to the upper floor, and in the
other a doorway from the garden.
The living-room measured about
16 feet by io| feet; it had a fire-




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place on one side, and a doorway from without, and a two-light
transomed window towards the garden. (Fig. 5.) The study occupied
the free corner of the cell, and was lighted on two sides by
small square-headed loops. The bedroom had only one outer wall,
with a two-light transomed window looking into the garden. The

staircase opened out of the living-
room, and was a winding one, of
wood.
The upper storey has in every
case been almost entirely destroyed,
but apparently it formed one room
only, with small window openings
looking into the garden. It was
used for manual work, which might
take many forms.
As none of the cells shows any
traces of whitewash or plastering, the
walls must have been wainscoted.
The roof was set parallel with
the cloister, with a pitch of about
40°, and ended against stone
gables surmounted, the one by
the chimney shaft of the living-
room fireplace, the other by an
ornamented cross. (Fig. 7.) The chimney shafts were all of stone,'
circular within and octagonal without, and pierced with openings
on the alternate sides. The tops were either embattled, as in Fig. 8,
or conical, s^s in Fig. 9. The height of the shafts is of course
conjectural.
