The Nunnery's southern building (on the left) joins the western building, raised upon a low platform that is reached by means of a broad stairway. As noted, the sculpted motifs on the Nunnery's western building resemble the program at the House of the Governor, although it incorporates the theme of snakes disgorging historical or mythical characters (of possible conjuring associations), which the latter does not. Of all the four buildings forming the Nunnery Quadrangle, the southern one is the only one not raised upon a platform. On the other hand, it is the only one of the four that affords direct access into the inner court.