The latter fine house, with double gables dated from the 16th century. The transition from 15th to 16th century style is very marked: on the ground-floor is the irregular arch of the 15th century, while on the first floor the arches are full semi-circles, framing the rectangular bays, whose tympana are decorated with flamboyant figures. These tympana were added some years later, thus giving the wide 17th century windows, of which the (French) architect of the Hôtel Merghelynck made such happy use (photo, p. 101). [Illustration: BRITISH CEMETERY AT THE HOSPICE NÔTRE-DAME] _Having reached the Grande-Place, take the Rue de Menin on the right_, leaving on the left the ruins of the Hospice Nôtre-Dame. _Next take the Menin Road, to visit the Château de Hooge and_ =Zillebeke=. [Illustration: MENIN GATE _On leaving Ypres in the direction of Hooge and Zillebeke._] [Illustration: BRITISH CEMETERY JUST OUTSIDE YPRES, ON THE ROAD TO MENIN] =Visit to Zillebeke and Hooge= (_See Itinerary, p. 47._) _At the Menin Gate leave the Westroosebeke Road on the left, and take the main road to Menin on the right._ [Illustration: BRITISH CEMETERY AT ZILLEBEKE] On the right, near the last houses, a British cemetery (photo above). _Before the level-crossing over the Ypres-Routers railway, take the road to the right. After passing two further level-crossings, the road descends slightly._ On the left is a large British cemetery: on the high ground to the right are the remains of the Château, whilst in the distance lies =Zillebeke Pond=. On the left is another cemetery. _Pass, on the left, the beginning of an impassable road, which formerly led to the main road from Menin. Go past the ruins of Zillebeke Church_, shown in the photographs, p. 104 (before and after the War). [Illustration: ZILLEBEKE IN 1919 _The mound is all that remains of the Church Tower seen in the photo below_] [Illustration: ZILLEBEKE, BEFORE THE WAR (_photo, Antony, Ypres_)] [Illustration: BRITISH CEMETERY AT HOOGE] _Return by the same road as far as the railway, and turn to the right._ A large British cemetery, containing 1,500 to 2,000 graves, will be seen on the western slopes of the Hooge Crest. The site of the village of =Hooge=--marked only by a notice board--is next reached. There is no trace whatever left of the château or of Bellewaarde Lake. It was here that the battles of July 31, 1917, were fought. On June 2, 1917, the first objectives of the British, in their offensive for the clearing of Ypres, were the Wood and Village of Hooge. They were only taken on July 31, although the château itself was captured in June. [Illustration: ALL THAT IS LEFT OF HOOGE--THE SIGNBOARD!] [Illustration: HOOGE CHÂTEAU (_photo, Antony, Ypres_) _To-day the site of the castle is barely discernable._] Again lost by the British in April, 1918, these positions were evacuated by the Germans in October.