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The steps leading to it are against the west wall of the 

 common room. 



Of the buildings on the south of the cloister but little 

 remains. To the east is the dormitory staircase, a door 

 into the south garden, and an oven indicating the position of 

 the kitchen. Next the kitchen, westwards, just enough 

 remains to mark the position of the refectory, in its usual 

 place in a Cistercian abbey, built by Walter de London, 

 and mentioned in 1333. It was in this apartment that 

 in 1301 the monks were dismayed by the shock of an 

 earthquake, as related in the Chronicle. 



The remains of the west wing are very slight, but are 

 enough to show that its ground storey had a row of two 

 columns down the middle. This work shows the northern 

 portion against the church to have been early, and the 

 southern of later date. This wing was no doubt occupied 

 by the cellary and lay brethren. The way from their 

 dormitory to the church for night services is still indicated, 

 and here probably was the hall or guest house, and this 

 is the portion which fell in 1368, and was afterwards rebuilt, 

 and known as the Botelsdon building. The cloister of 

 the monks was within the quadrangle now described, and 

 was no doubt the work of Walter de London. In front 

 of the chapter house it had a vaulted ceiling, but wood 

 elsewhere, as the remaining walls indicate. 



Of the abbot's house built by William de Howton, 

 between 1268 and 1274, the fragments are scanty and 

 ruinous. In 1335 and 1336, Richard de Schepished built 

 his new chamber between the kitchen of the infirmary and 

 the dormitory. It blocked up the end windows of the 

 common room. The infirmary, where dwelt the aged and 



