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362 Route 36 - VILLERS. From Louvain
supported by Romanesque arches, while the E. and 8. walls are
pierced with windows of the same style; the spacious granary is
in summer converted into a ball-room. Opposite to the mill isa
small door which gives access to the ruins; immediately on enter-
ing this, the apartments of the procurator and the butchery are”
on the 1.; beneath are some damp vaults formerly used as a prison, 7
while beyond are the Guest-house and the Abbat’s quar-"
ters, rebuilt in 1729 by Abbat Hache; they were of brick cased =
with blue stone; on rt. is the Abbat’s garden to the E. of which? &
is the Chapel of our Lady of Montaigu, erected in 1613 by”
Abbat Henrion. On the other side of these, buildings is the prin
cipal. court, on crossing which we arrive atthe Refectory, built” i
c. 1190 over the Thil, and supported by bold projecting buttresses
The side walls are each. pierced by 6 two-light pointed window
with a small.round opening in the head beneath a pointed arch
at the N. and.S. ends are 2 similar windows with round heade
arches; the interior, 108 ft. by 46, is divided into two by. a row
5 columns, and vaulted, the ribs of the. vaulting on N. and 8. are}
round headed and spring from clustered shafts, while those or
E. and W. are pointed. Above the vaulting is a row of round
headed windows, 7 on E., 4 on S., 3.0n W. and 40n N., each™ |
couple of the last.is surmounted by a round headed arch ; above”
those ou S. are 3 pointed windows and on N. a round headed™
window between 2 pointed ones; in this upper story were formerly”
placed the chimes. -On the S. wall of the Refectory, where th
yain has partly washed away the whitewash, may be seen a large”
painting in distemper, repr, the B. V. enthroned and holdin
her divine Son, probably coeval with the building. On N. is
deor leading to the cloisters; on W. are 2 doors, one opening into®
a small court-yard, the other into the calefactory ; opposite to the”
latter is the entrance to the Buttery, a room, 6 ft. 6 in. broad; 7!
which separates the refectory from the Kitchen, which mea-™
sures 39 ft. by 29 ft. 8in., and has round headed vaulting; its 5.
wall is pierced by round headed windows, opposite which is a
round arched doorway opening into the cloister; the fire-place 1s
in the W. wall at the side of the door. which leads to the refectory, |¢
opposite which isa door opening into the Scullery., the vaulting
of which, slightly pointed, springs from corbels and 2 columns, .
one cylindrical, the other octagonal, but both having octagonal is
capitals; in the S. W. angle, at the level of the pavement, is a 6
small round headed opening through which dirty water could fy
run into the river. The Calefactory, on the other side of the 4:
refectory, c. 1195, is divided into 3,aisles by 4 cylindrical and 5
2 square columns; its S. wall is pierced by 3 pointed and 1 round
headed window. ‘The Cloisters, occupying a rectangle 164 ft. 3
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