| Description | This is a vaulted passage of the thirteenth century, leading through to the eastern side of the building, and the north side of the chapter-house. This was the site of the monastic infirmary, a sort of small monastry for the sick monks. One of the chambers on the north side was at a later period turned into a kitchnen probably during the fifteenth century. This entrance is something similar to the doorway of St. Catherine's chapel, Westminster Abbey, in the little cloister and which formerly led into the chapel used by the sick monks, but now a ruin. |