TIIOUNTON ABBEY, LINCOLNSHIRE.

363 Of tlie cliaptcr-housc two sides are tolerably perfect, oriui- niented with panel- ling, in imitation of a window of t]n*ee lights, with foliated circles in the head, and an arcade nndci' it, the whole of vcrv good Early English work, beautifnll}- monlded, the date of it being, as already stated, circa 1282, early in the reign oi Edward the First. Some small portions of the chnrcli remain, and belong to nearly the same period. One aisle of a tran- sept has its vanlt and arcades on eacli side of very singular Early English work, with corbels in the place of capitals. There is one window, or rather panel, of three divisions, with three foliated circles in the head, filled np with a sort of lieur- de-lis ; under this is an Early piscina. The mouldings of this work are very good, as will be seen by their sections on the opposite page. They are Early Eng- lish, but late in the style, approaching to the Decorated. A comparison of these remains, with the choir of Merton college chapel, Oxford, described at p. 137 of this volume, and there shewn to have been built at the same period, will go far to prove that in the beginning of the reign of Edward the First Englisli

Noiib east Bay of CbapWr house r.rca I'Xz.