Monks' Reredorter, Muchelney Abbey

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MUCHELNEY CP ST42SW 8/222 - Monks' Reredorter, Muchelney Abbey 17.4.59 GV II*

Reredorter to Benedictine Abbey, now barn. C13 possibly. Local lias stone, Ham stone quoins; half hipped thatched roof.

Raised single storey. Entrance in north elevation, up C20 flight stone steps and through modern door, set under timber weatherboarded half gable; in south gable pointed arched chamfered doorway below and single lancet above; on west wall low arcade of five pointed arches, section of upper wall rebuilt; C20 lean-to against east wall, which has barn-type ventilation slits. Modern roof frame. In guardianship of Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No. 272).

Listing NGR: ST4287224820

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1876 IOE Records taken by Graham Slocombe; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Graham Slocombe. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project