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church, and what some writers have thought to be the original chapel built by 
St. David! while others think it to be the first church of the Priory built by 
William and Ernesi. Here Mr. Blashill pointed out that there had at one time 
been gates or folding doors, which shut off the chancel from the nave—the iron 
hinges of which could still be traced—his opinion being (as he had stated when the 
British Archeological Association visited Llanthony in 1870) that the building was 
the infirmary of the priory, which by a few obvious alterations had been adapted 
for a parish church. 
Some of the company visited during the day the gate-house, which stands to 
the west of the church, and is a very fine specimen of pointed architecture, erected — 
after the completion of the monastic buildings. 
