In the late 18th c. the remains of E (high end) wall were described as follows: 'This was the upper end of the hall, and along it runs a terras, raised on fragments without number of little pillars, of the Petworth [ie, Purbeck] marble, once perhaps the ornaments of the great hall, but now laid on one another, like billets on a wood-stack, the ends of which were visible till some years ago...'