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Grey Abbey Buildings

Buildings and structures.

Nave 
A.D.
1193

Nave 

The western part of the nave was mainly used by the lay-brothers

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Frater or Refectory
A.D.
1193

Frater or Refectory

Finest surviving example in Ireland

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Tower
A.D.
1193

Tower

first of their churches in Ireland to defy the ban..

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Cloister
A.D.
1193

Cloister

The northern walk of the cloister is now partially blocked by large stone buttresses, inserted in 1908

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Sacristy or Vestry
A.D.
1193

Sacristy or Vestry

Church valuables were stored for safekeeping

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Chancel
A.D.
1193

Chancel

These may be the first such Gothic lancets built anywhere in Ireland

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Kitchen & West Range
A.D.
1193

Kitchen & West Range

These do not survive above ground but..

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The west door
A.D.
1193

The west door

Dog-tooth decoration on the west door

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Latrine Block or Rere Dorter
A.D.
1193

Latrine Block or Rere Dorter

This toilet block served the choir monks.

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Warming Room or Calefactory
A.D.
1193

Warming Room or Calefactory

The only fireplace.

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South Transept
A.D.
1193

South Transept

This was a main thoroughfare of the monastery

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Chapter House 
A.D.
1193

Chapter House 

After mass to hear a reading or chapter from the Benedictine Rule

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