A Octagon, with the arrangement of Choir previous to 1770. B Presbytery. C The Nave. D North Transept. E South Transept. F Part of Cloisters (ruined.) G Western Tower. H West Porch or Galilee. I St. Catharine's Chapel. K The Lady Chapel. L The Font. M Rood Screen. N Foundations of Norman apse. O Foundations of N.W. Transept. P South-western Transept.] [Illustration: CHOIR AND TRANSEPT, SHEWING NEW ARRANGEMENTS. _The black tint represents the Norman work of Abbots Simeon and Richard, 1083-1106._ _The lined tint represents Bishop Northwold's work, 1229-1254._ _The dotted tint represents the work of Bishops Hotham, Montacute, and L'Isle, 1316-1361._ A The Octagon. B Choir, as now carried out. C Nave. D North arm of Transept. E South arm of Transept. F Lady Chapel. a Altar. b Bishop Alcock's Chapel. c Bishop West's Chapel. d Organ and Staircase. e Part of Cloisters (ruined). f Monuments.] The new oaken screen at the entrance of the Choir will attract the attention of the visitor, both by its elegant design and its skilful execution; it is of open work, comprising a centre opening with brass gates, through which is the passage into the Choir, under a pointed arch, over this is rich tracery within a high pointed gable, having an elegant foliated cross on the apex: on either side are three smaller openings, each divided into two parts by a bar or transom, and finished at the top with a gable; the openings below the transoms are filled with elaborate grilles of brass foliage; a beautiful cresting runs over the whole, with a high pinnacle of tabernacle work at each end; several statuettes have been placed under canopies in each face, which add considerably to the general effect. The screen was designed by Sir G.G. Scott, and executed by Mr. Rattee; the statuettes by M. Abeloos, and the brass gates with the foliage in the lower panels by Mr. Hardman: the whole testifies highly to the taste of the designer as well as to the skill of those who executed the several parts. In making a particular survey of the Choir, it would perhaps be better to examine carefully the architecture of the six eastern bays first, and then the three western bays, which were built subsequently to the others, before examining the reredos, monuments, &c.; this is simply a suggestion, we leave the visitor to follow his own inclination, and continue our description in the order of our course from west to east.