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known as?Llanthony the second, to which this house became subordinate, and so 
was indifferently maintained down to the time of its dissolution in the reign of 
Henry VIII. Such parts as remain habitable are now used as an inn, the fabric 
generally being fairly kept up by its present owners, the family of the late Walter 
Savage Landor. 
The church consists of nave with north and south aisles, between which are 
arcades of seven arches, which like all the larger arches of the building are 
pointed, while the smaller arches are semicircular, a characteristic of buildings of 
its date. The south arcade fell within living memory, the outer walls of both 
aisles had probably been destroyed long previously. The piers of the arcades are 
square, with angle-shafts carried quite round the arches without any capitals. 
The chancel is a very fine long structure without aisles, lighted by tall narrow 
windows, its ornament consisting mainly of plain scolloped capitals of late Norman 
work. The north transept has disappeared, that on the south side remains, and 
had a fine chapel of 13th century character to the east of it, to which a wide 
semicircular arch that appears to have originally consisted of two pointed arches 
gives access. The central tower is a ruin, though its western and southern arches 
still support massive walls, with small 12th century windows. Three stages of a 
fine pair of western towers remain, the rooms in them being used for the purposes 
of the inn. A fine triplet of pointed windows existed between them, as we know 
from old engravings ; but these have disappeared, and the whole face of the lower 
part of the west front has been repaired and altered—no doubt with the best 
intentions—perhaps half a century ago. The present kitchen formed originally 
a very handsome entrance from the precinct into the cloister. It is vaulted, and 
has the remains of a good doorway on the west side. Some other buildings, which 
formed cellarage, and probably the rooms for lay brethren and guests, adjoin this 
_ entrance, having extended originally along the west side of the cloister as far as 
priory kitchen, that would then stand at the west end of the refectory. The 
cloister, which had a wooden roof, has disappeared. . On its east side adjoining the 
south transept is a beautiful example of those remarkable apartments, which are 
nearly always found in that position, and which have been called sacristy, 
treasury, library, exchange, mortuary, penitentiary, &c., no one name seeming to 
fit satisfactorily the different kinds of room which exist in different monasteries, 
Here it is entered by a beautiful 13th century archway, which had no doorway. 
I¢ is vaulted in stone, and has an eastern window. It contains both the scolloped 
capitals of the 12th century and those of the finest style of 13th century foliage, 
showing that the canons having built their church next proceeded with the 
subsidiary buildings. Adjoining this apartment (now a gig-house) are the remains 
of the chapter house, which was apsidal, and beyond it to the south were the day- 
room and dormitory of the community, which have been considerably altered, and 
are now in ruins. The refectory extends along the south side of the cloister 
garth—its vaulted substructure can be traced with some remains of the upper 
portion. 
Southward of the conventual buildings is that which is now the parish 
