The interior of the monk’s cell was far from as spartan as I had previously imagined it would be.

Sleeping accomodation:-

Devotional area:-

Living space:-

Upper floor:-

Small cloister:-

Sanitary arrangements:-

All my Mount Grace Priory photgoraphs are on flickr here.

Most of the monk’s cells at Mount Grace Priory (see previous post) are in ruins like this one:-

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The cells were at the perimeter of the priory grounds. This is the entrance to the one cell that has been restored. The square area to the right of the door was a kind of hatch which allowed food to be passed into the cell without any interaction between the occupant and the outside:-

The (restored) monk’s cell is a substantial building in its own right, not just the size of a single room:-

Each cell had its own garden, as in the restoration:-

Cell garden (opposite view):-

Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire is the best preserved Carthusian monastery in Britain. After the dissolution of the monasteries some of the ruins of its guest house were incorporated into two later manor houses, the latest in the Arts and Crafts style in 1901.

Front of Manor House from its garden:-

This is the Manor House from inside the grounds, priory ruins in foreground:-

The most substantial remaining part of the original Priory is the ruins of its church:-

Mount Grace Priory is in North Yorkshire, the best preserved Carthusian monastery in Britain. We popped in there for a look on our way from Northallerton.

Just before the car park there was a pond on the left hand side. I spotted a heron:-

There were some geese too:-