The Cellarium
This long range forming the western side of the Cloister (30-33) stood complete up to the 1750s when its south and west walls collapsed. The ground floor was divided into eleven bays by a central row of columns, from which stone vaults sprang across to the scalloped corbels which are still to be seen along the surviving eastern wall.
The first five bays from the south were used as the lay brothers' Refectory or frater, food from the kitchen being passed through the serving hatch to the north of the malt house door (30). The following bay formed a passage through the building from the outer court into the Cloister (31), while the succeeding four bays served as cellarage (32). The final bay, adjacent to the north wall, was the outer parlour of the abbey where the monks could talk with their friends and transact business with outsiders (33).
The lay brothers' dorter extended along the whole length of the first floor of the cellarium (30-33). Access to this room was obtained from an external staircase on the eastern wall, and through the high level doorway just at the end of the eighth bay, The shallow arch above this door shows an interesting use of joggled masonry joints.