John’s, Oxford (now incorporated into Magdalen College), a wedding-feast or civic banquet might well take place there. [Illustration: _PLATE X._ HALL OF ST. CROSS, WINCHESTER] The transaction of business was conducted in the chapter-house or in an audit-room. At Ewelme, for example, there was a handsome chamber above the steps leading from the almshouse into the church, and the audit-room at Stamford is still in use. The development of hospital buildings has been admirably dealt with by F. T. Dollman. In his earlier work (_Examples of Domestic Architecture_, 1858), he illustrates in great detail seven ancient institutions; a reprint with additions followed (1861). The subject calls for a more exhaustive study, which is now being undertaken by a competent architect. In this chapter nothing is attempted beyond a brief indication of the prevalent styles. Frequently, however, the original construction can be barely conjectured, for only a part is left, and that has probably suffered from alteration. Dollman distinguishes four principal modes of arrangement:— (i) Great hall—infirmary or dormitory—with chapel at the eastern end. (ii) As above, with chapel detached, and entered from without. (iii) Suite of buildings, usually quadrangular; chapel apart. (iv) Narrow courtyard. [p112] i. HALL WITH TERMINATING CHAPEL [Illustration: 19. ST. MARY’S, CHICHESTER] (a) _Infirmary._—The early form of a hospital was that of a church. A picturesque fragment of St. James’, Lewes, is figured in _Beauties of Sussex_;[77] the foundations remained within memory, consisting, apparently, of nave, aisles and chancel, the dimensions of the latter being about 34 × 15 feet. From an ancient deed in the Record Office, this building is shown to have been the sick-ward with its chapel; it refers to the “sick poor in the great hall of the hospital of Suthenovere.” Mention is frequently made of chapels “within the dormitory” or “in the infirmary,” and of beds “in the hospital on the west of the church.” The statutes of Kingsthorpe show how this arrangement met the patients’ spiritual wants:— “In the body of the house adjoining the chapel of the Holy Trinity there should be three rows of beds joined together in length, in which the poor and strangers and invalids may lie for the purpose of hearing mass and attending to the prayers more easily and conveniently.” [p113] [Illustration: 20. ST. NICHOLAS’, SALISBURY _Black._ Extant remains (xiii. cent.). _Tint._ Site of destroyed walls. _Dotted lines._ Probable arrangement of original buildings. _AA._ The Chapels. _BB._ Cubicles. _C._ Latrines. _D._ Porch. _E._ Old Hospital. _F._ Covered way.]