On entering the quadrangle, which is about 170 feet square, we find a small building immediately to the left which many call the =East Chapel=. The West Chapel (K)[98] was probably not built till later, and then probably this little one became the Bishop’s private chapel. There are indications of a way through to the ante-room adjoining in the south-west wall, and a passage also leads to the lower floor. The =Bishop’s Hall= (I, about 60 ft. by 23 ft.) is approached from the quadrangle by seven modern steps and a porch with a semi-octagonal arch. The point of the octagon is at the centre of the opening, and resembles that leading to the rood-loft in the cathedral. The small window in the porch has two five-foil lights. The Hall was lit by two windows to the north-west and four to the south-east. Possibly the recess, which cuts into the window at the south angle, may have contained the refectory pulpit, and behind it was a passage and stair leading to the minstrels’ gallery. There was a diagonal entrance (just above the head of the I on plan) leading from the Bishop’s Hall to his =Study= or private apartment. Just by this entrance there is also a way down. There are two fireplaces and chimneys, and as there are indications of a divisional wall there were probably two rooms, the further of which has a blocked doorway and may have been utilised before the main entrance was built. H is the _Kitchen_ (about 26 ft. by 23 ft.), to the west end of the Bishop’s Hall. This room is very interesting, as it was evidently domed, and later a wall had to be built to support it. The chimney, which was standing in 1857 when Messrs. Jones and Freeman published their book, is now lying in a mass on the floor. As this is a good object lesson to the modern flimsy designers of to-day, the dimensions will not be without interest: flues, 1 ft. 11 in.; outer walls, 1 ft. 3 in., inner, 1 ft. [Illustration: SECTION OF CHIMNEY.] On the northern side of the kitchen was an aisle leading behind the Great Hall, and so out to the garden. =The Great Hall= is approached from the quadrangle by a fine porch, richly adorned and of the whole height of the building. The entrance is an unusual one at so early a period. [Illustration: BISHOP’S PALACE: GREAT WHEEL-WINDOW OF BANQUETING HALL.] It is about 9 ft. wide by 11 ft. 6 in. high, and has an ogee six-centred arch, but the flight of steps are somewhat inconvenient, as the tread is about fourteen inches and the rise about eleven and a half. Above were two niches containing statues of King Edward III. and Queen Philippa. Fragments of one remain now, but where is the other? It seems sad that this should have disappeared within the last few years. [Illustration: BISHOP’S PALACE: GENERAL VIEW OF COURTYARD LOOKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE TO GREAT HALL. (_From Jones and Freeman._)]