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Fig. 7. The Eighteenth
Century doorway between Abbey House and the
This is an adaptation of an arch
of the blind arcade (which appears to have been part of the monastic almonry) to form a doorway
between the house and the west end of the church, possibly for ushering the
household into the church. However, the tower stump into which it leads appears
never to have been completed and not to have been in use as part of the church,
until it was roofed and renovated for church use, after the demolition of the
house. The north-west tower stump may therefore have contained part of the
premises of the house. This might account both for the modest nature of the
doorway and its close connection with the apparent wash-house (Fig.6. C).
Figure 7a. The arcade.
In the confined space, it was not possible to fit the whole height and length into
the picture. The later doorway is beyond the rising pipe and takes the place of
a further thirteenth century blind arch.
Figure 7b. The brick vault
inserted into the thickness of the north wall of the
