o standing to the same height.... Much of the stonework of the
east and south walls is reddened by the fire that destroyed the frater
in 1540."

[Illustation: ST. MARY'S GATE.
KING EDWARD'S GATE.

Drawn by F. S. Walker, F.R.I.B.A.]

The #Little Cloisters# consist of an irregular quadrangle, with sides of
varying length. The garth wall is a good specimen of Perpendicular work.
There are five openings on each side. In the times of the Great
Rebellion the little cloisters were partly unroofed. The western alley
is part of an interesting fifteenth-century house which is built over
it, and the south alley has a lean-to roof.

The other two alleys, which are now unroofed, were formerly covered by
part of a large building which was built over them, and called Babylon.
All traces of Babylon have now disappeared.

In the north wall of the cloister three stone coffins have been built in
with the masonry. Mr Hope thinks it quite possible that this small garth
was used as the herbarium or herb garden.

"On the west side of the little cloister, and partly over-riding
it, is a medieval house of several dates, from the thirteenth
century to the suppression, and later. Owing, however, to modern
partitions and fittings, and repeated alterations, it is somewhat
difficult to trace its architectural history. The oldest part of it
consists of a vaulted undercroft of Early English work extending
north and south beneath the western part of the house. It consists
of three bays, of which two now form the kitchen of the house, and
the third or northernmost is walled off to form a passage outside.
More work of the same period adjoins this on the west, including a
good doorway with moulded head. This doorway was clearly, as now,
an external one. The undercroft stops short about twelve feet from
the frater wall (or wide enough to leave a cart-way), and there is
nothing to shew that it extended further east. Looking at its
position so near the great cellar, the kitchen, and other offices,
it is very probable that the original upper floor was the
cellarer's checker, or counting-house, and the undercroft a place
for stores."

[Illustration: COLLEGE GATEWAY.
GATEWAY INTO PALACE YARD.

Drawn by F. S. Walker, F.R.I.B.A.]

Close by, to the north-east, are to be seen six graceful arches of Early
Engl