Cloister Court ca 1855

This very early photograph of Cloister Court was taken before 1857/58. Items to note are:

The window of Hall shows the tracery that Dawkes added to the plain mullions in 1846. In 1857/58, these windows would be altered again: they would be heightened, and new tracery would be fitted.
Battlements have not yet arrived. They were built much later on this elevation than on the inner elevations of Old Court and Walnut Tree Court. Browne & Seltman quote a date of "about 1860" for the battlements, without giving reasons. Is it possible that the battlements were added at the same time as the windows were raised? This is the only known photograph of the 1448/49 buildings before the addition of battlements. The eaves board here perhaps gives us a clue as to the appearance of Old Court before battlements were fitted there ca 1819.
The two windows to the right of the large Hall window are curiously cut down, perhaps indicating lowered ceiling levels inside.

Photograph by Cade.