Description

BURLESCOMBE
ST 01 NE
5/3 Canonsleigh Priory Mill
24.lO.51
5.4.66
GV II
Ruined remains of the east end, possibly part of the reredorter, of Canonsleigh
Abbey. C14 or C15. Coursed blocks of local chert with ashlar quoins and voussoirs.
Plan and description: although roofless the walls remain intact up to approximately
6m, almost their full height. A short length of a stream on a north-east south-west
alignment runs through the south-east side. Alongside (north-west) there is a
corridor which turns at right angles north-westwards at the south-west end. From
this short lengths of wall run at 45 1/3 and one includes the reveals of a tall window
with a pointed arch. It is strongly buttressed on the outside angles and the inside
walls are plastered. This is probably the latrine block attached to the reredorter
of the abbey. The latrines were washed by the stream and it is this that has led to
the speculation that it was a mill. There is however no evidence for a wheel here.
The entrance corridor contains an (inserted?) fireplace at first floor level.

Listing NGR: ST0683917414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400319

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)