The infirmary was built in the twelfth-century and was originally a single storey. It was the place where the sick, old and infirm monks and lay brothers were housed. The second storey was added later and formed part of a quadrangle of buildings, not all of which survive:
In the fifteenth century, Prior Richard Singer built a fine new prior’s lodging of Alveley sandstone, which still abuts the infirmary and formed the left side of the quadrangle. There is no record of what buildings were demolished to make way for this fine building. It still retains most of its original features including its roof which can be seen from the cloister. The opulence of the building reflects the status of the priory and of the prior, as well as the fact that the community had become extremely wealthy.
The infirmary and the prior’s lodging were converted into a private residence after the priory was closed in 1540, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and remain as such to this day. *
*From the English Heritage guidebook.
I’ll need that soon.
Well this one is intact unlike most of them.
And not hugely modified either by looks of it? Excellent!
I would love to be able to see inside it