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The Undercroft
The Undercroft has much of the original Norman work and is the most impressive room in the building. It was likely to have been used for commerce originally and entered directly from the marketplace. It has a stone vault supported by two low circular pillars with simple square capitals. To the left of the entrance is a medieval doorway, beside which lie the mutilated remains of a late medieval stone spiral staircase, built within the thickness of the wall and leading up to the first floor. The shallow brick arches which lead to the other rooms were inserted in the 16th century.
The West Gallery
The West Gallery is the room to the left of the Undercroft, it is also largely Norman work and may originally have been used for domestic storage, it has a stone vault in three bays. This room was part of the Castle Inn for many years: underneath it is a cellar once used for storing beer barrels. In the 1890's it was a parcels office for the Great Eastern Railway Company.
The Passage
This is the room to the rear of the Undercroft. There is architectural evidence that Moyse's Hall originally extended further to the rear, which suggests that this room and the one above are a 16th century remodeling of a 12th century annexe. This is called 'the Passage' on Thomas Warren's map of 1741 and is entered through a 16th century brick arch. Two further brick arches on the side wall which survived until 1974, probably originally opened onto a courtyard. The mock fireplace on the wall opposite the arches is a recent addition: it consists of two brick pillars built to carry a 16th century oak fireplace lintel from the Pickerel Inn at Ixworth, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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