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The little now left is fcarcely fufficient 

 to indicate to us what this Abbey has for- 

 merly been. The church, which lay on the 

 eaft fide, is totally deftroyed. The refectory 

 is pretty entire, and has on one fide a great 

 recefs, with two round arches, and a plain in 

 front. Above were the cells for the lodg- 

 ings of the monks, with a fmall window to 

 each.* The chapel of Knights Templers 

 founded here by Henry II. is fpacious and 

 elegant. The brick building, ftriped with 

 timber, which joins the abbey, and certainly 

 adds nothing to it's beauty, is conjectured, 

 by Mr. Grofe,-f- to have been the Granary. 



The fituation is delightful, commanding 

 an extenfive profpect of the river Dee, 

 Chefter, Park-Gate, and the Lancaftriaa 

 hills. 



* Pennant's Tour, I. 25. 



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