Monastic infirmary pillars
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Monastic infirmary pillars
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 25 May 2018
The Grade II* listed pillars immediately adjacent to 64 The Close > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5787947 are the only remains of the monastic infirmary dating from 1175-1200 which once stood here, forming part of the south façade of the Infirmary Hall. They were later incorporated in a workhouse building which was pulled down in 1802, and since then had stood in the front garden of a house situated at 63 The Close, which was destroyed in an air raid during WW2 (on 27 June 1942). After clearing the ruins of the house after the war, two more pillars were discovered so that there is now a row of five.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.630992
Longitude
1.301345