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Description: | The first Cistercian monastery to be established in Britain, it was founded in 1128 and dissolved in 1536. In 1201most of the abbey buildings were badly damaged by flooding, much of the 13th century was marked by a period of rebuilding. It is from this period that the surviving buildings date. Foundations of the new abbey church were laid in 1203-4 but not completed until 1278. Ruins of the Abbey comprise the monastic buildings which include the lay brothers' frater, part of the monks' dorter, the parlour, the chapter house and fragments of the nave, presbytery, and north and south transepts of the church. These were situated on the southern edge of the monastic precinct which covered an area of about 24 hectares, adjacent to the River Wey. The cemetery is situated to the east and north of the church. To the west of the main abbey complex are earthworks relating to water management and cultivation, including fishponds and areas of ridge and furrow. | Subjects: | Lay Brothers Range Chapter House Commercial Religious Ritual And Funerary Dormitory Domestic Cistercian Monastery Monastic Precinct Infirmary Brewhouse Agriculture And Subsistence Refectory Abbey Health And Welfare Church Guest House | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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