Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire.More of this ruined monastery, focusing on the church and cloist
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire.More of this ruined monastery, focusing on the church and cloister area. Unlike most monasteries, Carthusian priories had far smaller churches than usual; being inaccessible to the public and less frequently used by the community. Unlike the other orders; the monks each had their own self contained cell - a walled cottage with garden and chapel room - where they spent the majority of their time. These cells were arranged around a vast cloister - many times larger than that found at non-Carthusian establishments. There was no refectory, as the monks ate in their own cells and food was passed to them through a hatch in the wall (top left photo) beside their cell door. -- source link
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