Note (1) lancets of nave, pointed externally, rounded internally, (2) pointed lancets of choir, (3) square abaci to pilasters of lancets (cp.  Wells), (4) traces of Dec. work in vaulting ribs of nave, (5) absence of bench-table in Monington’s additions, (6) fragment of Perp. panelling on E. side of chancel arch.  The general plan of the church followed the arrangements of the great Benedictine abbeys, which were all designed with a view to a stately ritual and imposing processions.  There was a lofty nave of ten bays, with corresponding aisles, a choir of three bays, also with processional aisles (Monington’s extension was evidently intended to form a further path behind the high altar), and N. and S. transepts, each with a pair of E. chapels.  A large central tower surmounted the whole, which, like that of Wells, is said to have been braced internally with inverted arches.  The cloisters abutted on to the S. aisle of the church (note the higher sills of the windows), and beyond these again were the cloister garth, the refectory, dormitory, and domestic offices.  The only remains of this part of the monastery is the Abbot’s Kitchen, with a contiguous fragment of the almonry, and a portion of the great gateway of the monastery, now incorporated in the “Red Lion” inn.  The flowering thorn tree—­a descendant of Joseph’s budding staff—­should be noticed near the porter’s lodge.  The Abbot’s Kitchen may be inspected at an extra charge of 6d. (entrance in Magdalene Street, just below Museum).  It is a handsome stone building, now standing by itself in the middle of a field, and not at all suggestive of culinary appointments.  Externally it is square at the base, but is crowned with an octagonal superstructure carrying a pyramidal roof and lantern.  Within, huge fireplaces, once surmounted externally by chimneys, are set across the four corners, making the interior altogether an octagon.  On one face is the effigy of a mitred abbot.  The vaulted roof is supported by stone ribs, and egress for the steam is cunningly contrived in the windows.  Its date is 1435-40.  Another surviving remnant of monastic property will be found in Bere Lane at the top of Chilk-wall Street.  This is a very fine cruciform barn similar to those at Doulting and Pilton, but rather richer in detail.  The windows are traceried, and have above them figures of the four Evangelists, and ecclesiastical effigies stand as finials on two of the gables.

The other objects of interest in Glastonbury are (1) the George Inn in High Street opposite the abbey entrance—­a fine 15th-cent. structure (said to have been built by Abbot Selwood) which once served as the pilgrims’ hostelry; (2) the Tribunal—­a few doors higher up—­probably the court-house where the abbey officials interviewed their clients (observe escutcheon above doorway); (3) the almhouses and chapel in Magdalene Street (entrance through Red Lion gateway, once part of the main entrance of the monastery), founded by Abbot Bere in 1512 (note founder’s