The hall, still in existence, is only 36 feet long by 22 feet in width, and faces the narrow passage by which one enters from Holborn. It certainly dates from the foundation of the building in the fifteenth century, but has been altered and renovated from time to time. A louvre still adorns the roof, designed doubtless for the emission of smoke from a central hearth, but it must have been closed many years ago. There is at each end a projecting fireplace, apparently Tudor, though the stonework has of late been renewed. Their carved wooden overmantels have friezes in style belonging to the sixteenth century, which surmount panelling of the linen pattern. Similar panelling decorates the walls. Although this has been much renewed, portions of it are original. The drawing of the interior (No. 61) shows portraits above the panelling; the full length over the western mantelpiece, representing Chief Justice Holt, is now at the National Portrait Gallery. The heraldic glass in the windows dates mostly from the eighteenth century. The figure seated at a table is clad in one of the cloaks which were worn on certain occasions by the Ancients. Beyond the hall was a somewhat irregular quadrangle; part of it is represented in the painting No. 62. The quaint gabled houses to the spectator's right, which were close to the yard of the White Horse Inn, disappeared in the year 1893. Those in the centre of the drawing, their fronts abutting on Fetter Lane, remained until quite recently. At No. 2 dwelt Peter Woulfe, F.R.S., known as the last true believer in Alchemy, who here strove at the impossible task of making gold. Sir Humphrey Davy said of him that he used to hang up written prayers and recommendations of his processes to Providence. The chambers were then so filled with furniture and apparatus that it was difficult to reach the fireside. His remedy for illness was a journey to Edinburgh and back by coach, and a cold taken on one of these expeditions brought on inflammation of the lungs, from which he died. Other houses in the quadrangle have been replaced by the new school buildings. There are various references to Barnard's Inn, not quite of a complimentary nature, in "Great Expectations," by Charles Dickens.