. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE two three-light windows between buttresses, and in the south end of the east wall is a doorway to the open. The rest of the east wall is occupied by two wide splayed recesses. A three-light window is in the west wall, and to the north of it two small recesses and a doorway to the open. North of this block is the so-called ' long gallery,' which was partly repaired by Sir Ralph Assheton in 1661, but has since been again ruined at its south end and absorbed into the house. It was the infirmary hall, and
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE two three-light windows between buttresses, and in the south end of the east wall is a doorway to the open. The rest of the east wall is occupied by two wide splayed recesses. A three-light window is in the west wall, and to the north of it two small recesses and a doorway to the open. North of this block is the so-called ' long gallery,' which was partly repaired by Sir Ralph Assheton in 1661, but has since been again ruined at its south end and absorbed into the house. It was the infirmary hall, and opened on to its cloister by two doors on the east, and to the south of each door \vas a large three-light window. Opposite these in the thicitness of the west wall is a long recess about 2 ft. deep. A door in the south wall leads to the kitchen. It seems likely that before the destruction of the monastery this hall had been sub- divided and put to other than its original use, or it eastern portion are blocked pointed doorways. A similar doorway in the north wall of the larger portion is open. In the upper stage are three three- light windows on each side and similar windows at the east and west ends. It is conceivable that this important and well-lighted room may have served as a capdla extra porta. The l^indows at the sides all retain their muUions and , except the western- most on the north side and the middle window on the south. This tracery consists of three trefoilcd lights, the centre ogeed and the flanking lights round, with two bowed quatrefoils and a true quatre- foil over in a two-centred head. The east window is an elaborated version, on a larger scale, of the same arrangement, but the west window is quite plain and of one light. The upper stage was reached by a stair from the blocked doorway in the north wall. Whalley Abbey : North-west Gateway may be that the infirmary proper was in the upper stage. Of the two gate-houses, that at the north-west is of ear
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