. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. 5. Ptjlpit, 104 THE VICARS CLOSE, CHICHESTER. The western part of the common mansion was probablydevoted to kitchen, dormitory and offices. From theremains of a square-headed window high rip on thesouth side11 it would seem as if it were originally dividedby a floor. In the latter part of the seventeenth century,however, it was added to the hall and large square-headedwindows with wooden uprights and leaded panes wereinserted in the older They are very similar tothose of the part of W


. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. 5. Ptjlpit, 104 THE VICARS CLOSE, CHICHESTER. The western part of the common mansion was probablydevoted to kitchen, dormitory and offices. From theremains of a square-headed window high rip on thesouth side11 it would seem as if it were originally dividedby a floor. In the latter part of the seventeenth century,however, it was added to the hall and large square-headedwindows with wooden uprights and leaded panes wereinserted in the older They are very similar tothose of the part of Wolvesey Palace at Winchester thatwas built by Bishop Morley. A large fireplace was addedin the west wall, and a new roof, with heavy tie-beams,king-posts and braces, was provided. Very shortly afterwards, in the early eighteenthcentury, a new door was made in the north wall,approached by wooden clap-boarded East of the Hall is the slightly wider apartment knownas the Vicars Parlour, but its existing features are mostlymodern. In the north wall is a small skew window likea hagioscope, in whose sil


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