eastern gable of the chapel was stated by Professor Willis to
be in a parlous state, and the rebuilding of this portion was one of the
first works undertaken by Mr. Cottingham. Sir G. G. Scott completed the
pavement and other restorations.

The glorious east window consists of five narrow lancets recessed within
arches supported by clustered shafts, the wall above being perforated with
five quatrefoil openings, of which the outside ones are circular and the
centre three are oval.

Fergusson(5) remarks: "Nowhere on the Continent are such combinations to
be found as the Five Sisters at York, the east end of Ely, or such a group
as that which terminates the east end of Hereford."

Of the beauties and interesting features which were developed by the
clearing of the Lady Chapel by Mr. Cottingham, Dean Merewether wrote:--

[Illustration: THE LADY CHAPEL.]

THE LADY CHAPEL.

_Photochrom Co., Ld., Photo._

"Its symmetrical proportions, before completely spoilt; the remnants of
its ancient painting, which were traceable beneath the whitewash; the fair
disclosure of the monuments of Joanna de Kilpec, a benefactress to this
very edifice, and Humphry de Bohun, her husband, both of exceeding
interest; the discovery of two aumbries, both walled up, but one with the
stones composing it reversed; the double piscina on the south side, the
chapel of Bishop Audley; but especially two of the most beautiful
specimens of transition arches which can be found in any edifice, bearing
the Early English form, the shafts and capitals and the lancet-shaped arch
above, but ornamented in their soffits with the Norman moulding, and the
zig-zag decoration, corresponding with the remarkable union of the Norman
intersecting arches on the exterior of the building, with its pointed
characteristics. The appearance of the central column with a base in the
Early English and its capital with the Norman ornament might be added: the
stairs to the crypt, and the discovery of several most interesting relics
in the adjoining vaults opened in reducing the floor to its original
level."

[Illustration: SECTION THROUGH LADY CHAPEL AND CRYPT.]

SECTION THROUGH LADY CHAPEL AND CRYPT.

[Illustration: ARCH DISCOVERED AT ENTRANCE OF LADY CHAPEL.]

ARCH DISCOVERED AT ENTRANCE OF LADY CHAPEL.

It was as a memorial to Dean Merewether, to whom the cathedral owe