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174 174 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part n. rebuilt, but the western end, shown in the annexed woodcut (No. 603), is one of the richest and best siDecimens of late Norman work to be found anywhere. But having once got rid of the central pillar, which was the great defect of their construction as halls of assembly, they would hardly 604. Chapter-House, Salisbui-y. (Cath. Hb.) have reverted to it again, and a true Gothic dome might have been the result had the style been continued long enough to admit of its being perfected. Salisbury chapter-house (Woodcut No. 604) was erected shortly afterwards; and, though its original beauties have been to a great