. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. onterminous with and flankingthe presbytery on the south. The position is the same as that occupied by similarstructures at Little Dunmow and Leez Priories, Essex, erected about the sameperiod. Repton Priory (Derby) and Bristol Abbey (the Cathedral) also present some-what similar features. The building at Lesnes was 18 ft. long by 19 ft. wide. It must have been enteredfrom t
. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. onterminous with and flankingthe presbytery on the south. The position is the same as that occupied by similarstructures at Little Dunmow and Leez Priories, Essex, erected about the sameperiod. Repton Priory (Derby) and Bristol Abbey (the Cathedral) also present some-what similar features. The building at Lesnes was 18 ft. long by 19 ft. wide. It must have been enteredfrom the transept by a wide arch, of which only the rough foundation of the northrespond remained. The rubble base of a screen ran across the entrance, and imme-diately outside it a certain amount of tile paving remained in situ. Portions of theeast and south walls were found in a very fragmentary state, with the rough foundationof a diagonal buttress at the south-east angle, and of another buttress to the southwall, 17 ft. to the west. The construction of the east wall was somewhat singular, the inner face having apronounced batter apparently above the floor line as it was rendered on the face. LESNES ABBEY. Plate CLOISTER AND NORTH WALL OF FRATER. THE CHURCH 47 This was probably done to counteract the pressure, as the ground level to the east wasevidently considerably higher than the floor level within. The internal arrangementsof the chapel are of very considerable interest and present some exceedingly difficultproblems. Nine feet in advance of the east wall stood a wooden screen, the sill ofwhich was morticed into the south wall, the hole being still apparent, and this probablyserved as the altar screen or reredos. Behind it a sunk chamber was excavated in thefloor, of the irregular form shown upon the accompanying plan, and approached by a
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