. The Archaeological journal. ST. PETERS ABBEY, PLAN SHOWING RELATIVE SITES OF BUILDINGS. Sr, PETEIl AT GLOUCESTKU. 81 How and when this distribntion of the bnildhigs firstoriginated it is diflicnlt to say, but a ninth century plan ofthe abbey of St. Grail shews the same general arrangementof the principal group of buildings as most of the largeBenedictine houses.^ The buildings of the abbey of Gloucester (see plan,plate I) are laid out very nearly accordinnf to the normalplan, and as considerable portions of the monastery stillremain I cannot do better than indicate the gene

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. The Archaeological journal. ST. PETERS ABBEY, PLAN SHOWING RELATIVE SITES OF BUILDINGS. Sr, PETEIl AT GLOUCESTKU. 81 How and when this distribntion of the bnildhigs firstoriginated it is diflicnlt to say, but a ninth century plan ofthe abbey of St. Grail shews the same general arrangementof the principal group of buildings as most of the largeBenedictine houses.^ The buildings of the abbey of Gloucester (see plan,plate I) are laid out very nearly accordinnf to the normalplan, and as considerable portions of the monastery stillremain I cannot do better than indicate the generalarrangement before proceeding to a more specific descrip-tion of the buildings. The abbey is situated in the north quarter of the city,in a nearly oblong area Ijounded on the north and west bystreets, and on the east and south b}^ broad rows of housesand gardens. The axis of this site lies north-west andsouth-east, but the church stands more nearly east andwest, and we shall see presently that the variation of thetwo axes

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