. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... lest they should occasion impedi-ments to those who walked therein. On the south o^ the cloister-court wasthe fratry, ormonks refectory, or common eating-hall, the first men-tioned one being used only on particular days, owingto an alteration which took place throughout the entireorder, changing their meagre diet to one of a moreliberal scale. West of this was the noviciate, and near to the lattera porters lodge ; the foundations of all these buildingshaving been lately uncovered, are now plainly seen. Guest Hall. Be
. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... lest they should occasion impedi-ments to those who walked therein. On the south o^ the cloister-court wasthe fratry, ormonks refectory, or common eating-hall, the first men-tioned one being used only on particular days, owingto an alteration which took place throughout the entireorder, changing their meagre diet to one of a moreliberal scale. West of this was the noviciate, and near to the lattera porters lodge ; the foundations of all these buildingshaving been lately uncovered, are now plainly seen. Guest Hall. Beyond the refectory, and somewhat to the south-east, there is a curious building of a mixed styleof architecture, a puzzle to antiquaries, and denomi-nated by various writers as guest hall, school-house,infirmary. According to the general arrangement of monasticinstitutions, it appears to answer most to the descrip-tion of a guest hall and chapel, with domestic officesand sleeping apartments overhead. The vestibule has-several entrances, with staircases in the thickness o-f. GUE8T HALL. 39 the wall, leading to the rooms above, and, with theadjoining chapel, is the only jjortion of the conventualbuildings with roof entire, which is a good example ofthe groined vaulting of the period. The chapel is nowprotected by iron grating, and serves as a repositoryfor relics found amongst the ruins during the late in-vestigations, many curious gargoyles, corbels, mould-ings, pieces of piping, and other interesting remainsbeing there collected. Infirmary. As will be seen on reference to the plan, there arecertain detached buildings, over the streamlet, and inclose proximity to the rock, which have been supposedto consist of the infirmary, buttery, larder, bakehouse,brewhouse, and other domestic offices. Immense quan-tities of oyster and cockle shells, as well as burnt bones,were discovered on clearing away the rubbish adjoiningthese erections. The dwelling of the sacristan is thoughtto have b
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