From the road at the north-east corner we get a good general view of the Cathedral and the Chapter-House. St. Hugh’s transept is hidden, but we can see the end of the western transept with the =Dean’s Eye=--the large quatrefoil encircled by sixteen small circles. The lancet window of five lights in the gable above it is also visible. The second bay on the north side of the Angel Choir contains the =Fleming Chantry=, on which the two chapels on the south side were modelled. Then we come to the north doorway of the =Angel= =Choir=, corresponding to the more ornate entrance on the south. We have now completed our survey of the Cathedral and have not yet noticed the =Central Tower=, considered by many critics the finest tower in England. It rises to a height of 271 feet. Two lofty windows adorn each side of the upper story with their crocketed pillars and canopied heads. Octagonal panelled turrets, surmounted by pinnacles, ornament the four corners. Grosseteste’s lattice-work pattern covers the lower part within and without. The tower in its present state dates from 1775, when James Essex built the parapet and advised battlements and pinnacles instead of a spire. The tall spire of timber, coated with lead, that completed the tower of 1311, was blown down in 1547, carrying the parapet with it; and again in 1715 three of the pinnacles were blown down and replaced in 1728. In 1883 the western side was damaged by a storm, but was repaired. Here “Great Tom of Lincoln,” the fourth largest bell in England (5 tons, 8 cwt.), seven feet in diameter, hangs. Too large to ring, the hours are struck on it with a hammer. The original =Great Tom= hung in the north-west tower.