10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REREDORTER»
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reredorter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1988
The twelfth-century reredorter is not one of these. It has lost its upper storey and
its interior longitudinal wall; extraneous windows abound, inserted presumably
after the Dissolution, when the building became a malt-house. It was 158 ft [48.15
...
Reginald Allen Brown, 1989
2
An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan
15—17, Plate 9) incorporated the S. half of the monastic dormitory range, the
parallel reredorter and the late medieval abbot's house that had been formed at
the S. end of the two ranges. These buildings, together with a large wing added N
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Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, 1981
3
Stairway to Heaven: The Functions of Medieval Upper Spaces
5.10). It wasnot onlymonastic inmates who had need of toilet accommodation.
The reredorter at St John's Hospital, Northgate, Canterbury, is a very rare
example of a nonmonastic Romanesque necessarium, contemporary with
thefoundation ...
He looked around and saw that he was in the open leat that ran under the
reredorter. The dark bulk of the building rose to his left, and the water flowed
swiftly down the leat towards the kitchen block and water mill to his right. He sat
on the ...
The Medieval Murderers, 2008
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Anglo-Norman Studies III: Proceedings of the Battle ...
Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1980 R. Allen Brown. 4. The dormitory
range from the south-east, with remains of the adjacent reredorter range The
reredorter excavations from the west. The reredorter drain is.
6
Discovering Abbeys and Priories
The reredorter or necessarium (latrine block) of the monastery was placed at the
end of the dorter furthest from the church, usually jutting out at right angles from
the dorter, or extending across its end, as at Lewes and Castle Acre. Its position ...
7
Battle Abbey: the eastern range and the excavations of 1978-80
C14 the construction of the drainage system in the reredorter area RI- RVI (dating
as C12). C15 levelled destruction of infirmary and the construction of its
replacement. Building Y. This may have belonged in period B (see p. 35). C16
the ...
8
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Some Conventual ...
A medieval drain F.119 seems to have run through a doorway (as is normal),
presumably serving the prior's house, or it may have turned and helped to flush
the early reredorter. In the absence of full records and analysis both these are ...
9
The Berkshire Archaeological Journal
Summary When two gate posts close to the entrance of the reredorter of Reading
Abbey were replaced in 1993, a watching brief was required under Scheduled
Monument Consent procedures. The work included examination of removed fill ...
10
The Archaeology of rural monasteries
The simplest form of reredorter building was a chamber at the further end of the
dormitory from the church, walled off from the sleeping accommodation but
contained within the width of the dormitory range. At Newark Priory (Surrey) the ...
Roberta Gilchrist, H. C. Mytum, 1989
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REREDORTER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
reredorter is used in the context of the following news items.
English Heritage has awarded the number one spot for toilets to …
Many medieval abbey ruins across the country include the remains of the latrines, or 'reredorter' (meaning literally 'at the back of the dormitory'), including ... «ITV News, Oct 14»
What I did in 2014
Spectacular here are the toilet arrangements, the reredorter set above a narrow chasm with a stream still running along the bottom. Unique, though (or at least I ... «London Review of Books, Dec 13»
Running water for Westminster Abbey
What we call a lavatory, was known in the monastic world as the reredorter, because it was behind the dorter or dormitory. At Westminster there are remains of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
Somerset's heritage sites: a speedy tour
The abbey's top attraction is its reredorter, or monks' lavatory block, which survived when the monastery itself was razed during the Reformation. Then the John ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 09»
