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wider, as is usually the case, and between each are two
tiers of niches, one above the other, having clustered
shafts and ornamental capitals, and a common dripstone runs
round the whole. The north side of the choir is lighted by a
series of lancets, having single shafts set on the sides,
the interior shafts being plain, whilst the exterior are
filleted. The tower, which rises at the intersection of the
nave and choir with the transepts, is only a square in
height; it has a modern embattled parapet, and a turret at
the north-east angle. The choir and north transept are used
as lecture-rooms for the Clerical Institution, and they are
so fitted up as to prevent you from seeing their correct
proportions. The library belonging to this establishment is
not large, but select, and contains a beautiful full-length
portrait of Dr. Ainger, presented by the students. There are
some pretty views of the Abbey and parsonage from the
meadows on the south, and the heights in descending to the
village; but the best display of its architectural features
is from the door of the grammar-school of Archbishop
Grindal. The inscription over the door is laconically
appropriate,
E. 1587 G.
INGREDERE UT PROFICIAS.
Four miles will carry you from the quiet, studious cloisters
of Saint Bees, into the midst of the bustling and commercial
activity of Whitehaven. The piers and coal-pits are the
chief objects of
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