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in the flanking bays on the ground floor and regular fenestration in the outer bays on the ground floor and in both the flanking and outer bays on the first floor. Internally, the principal rooms, which were on the first floor, were council chamber was on the left and the courtroom on the right. The ground floor was used as a
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