Lady Chapel.

Charles Cox is quoted as identifying this as the Chapel of St Margaret, but Hope says it was definitely the Lady Chapel, the small chapel in the transept nearby being to Our Lady of Pity  (HOPE).

The arch opening into the chapel had a timber screen (holes still extant) (WARD) and was not on the centre line (H79).

Large and peculiar yellow tiles were found here, also parts of a canopied tomb (H79).

There were 3 steps up to the altar, and the 2 lower ones were still in place;  their tiles were removed for safety, as were the ones in front of the altar (H79, quoted by WARD).  The floor was in 2 stages:  lower tiles, then a further layer to bring the level up to that of the bottom step.  The top layer was extensively damaged when the roof fell (H79).

It had an alabaster reredos and an image.

The vaulted roof and elegant stalls are from Abbot de Spondon's time (WARD).
The vaulting ribs are of a different design to elsewhere in the abbey.  
The roof was destroyed by knocking out the keystones and letting it fall (H79).

The chapel was entered from the transept by a wide arch, not in the middle line (H79).  Its lower walls are 13th century (WARD).

‘…in the early-16th century, when a new roof was provided for the Lady Chapel’ (COLVIN 1941a: 57 quoted in D1990).