ower,
315 feet; the spire is ornamented with bold crockets, 5 feet asunder,
attached to and running up the ribs at each angle, and is the highest in
England, except Salisbury. The cloisters are 174 feet square, with
arched openings or windows, looking inwards on all sides; the roof, which
is about 16 feet high, is ornamented with scripture sculptures, which
however, are much injured by accident and time. The west front of the
cathedral displays a large central compartment, corresponding with the
width and heigth of the nave; also two lateral divisions corresponding
with the side aisles, the whole forming a very grand entrance. The
interior must be allowed to have a grand and solemn general effect, and
that the whole appears of an unusual, bold and substantial stile. It is
to be lamented that the fitting up of the choirs serve to destroy part of
the grandeur and solemnity, and shuts out the sight from a general and
comprehensive view of the building. Within the church and cloisters,
still remain some curious memorials of the dead; but the greater part are
removed, like those to whom they belong, to make room for others, or have
fallen a sacrifice to the gradual inroads of time.

The Bishop's Palace stands on the north side of the cathedral, was
erected in the year 1318, and was enlarged and ornamented by several
successive Bishops; it suffered greatly in the rebellion, and it was with
some difficulty made habitable; it has been improving ever since, and is
now made a tolerable neat and convenient residence.

On the south side of the cathedral, formerly stood a priory, occuping
part of the space, now called the Lower Close, and which was built as a
residence for 60 monks, who officiated in the cathedral.

In the year 1804, on pulling down the workhouse, which stood at the
entrance of the deanery, some curious ruins were discovered, and the
shafts of three massive pillars are still left standing, as specimens of
the architecture of the age in which they were built.

At the west end stands the free school, formerly the charnel-house--was
built about the year 1316; the upper part was appropriated for the
residence of four officiating priests, the part beneath was a vault used
as a charnel house, which is now rendered into cellars, and part of the
building occupied by the master of the school. The present portico is
much more modern than the other parts of the building.

Adjoining the free-school, stands Erpingham's