Reconstruction illustration showing an aerial view of Mount Grace Priory, as it may have appeared in the early sixteenth century before the priory's dissolution in 1539, looking east with the priory church in the centre of the view

Date:
circa 1990 - circa 1991
Location:
Mount Grace Priory, East Harlsey, Mount Grace, Hambleton, North Yorkshire
Reference:
IC068/005
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The Carthusian way of life was one of the most strict in monastic terms. The monks lived a pious life to a strict timetable, spending most of their time in their 'cells' with minimal contact with other monks at the site. As a result, the layout of the Priory differs from typical layouts of priories or monasteries of other monastic orders, with Carthusian sites largely consisting of single accommodation cells arranged around a courtyard, and with a smaller, simpler church or chapel as part of the complex.

This illustration was reproduced on page 36 of the 1991 English Heritage site guidebook for the priory, and on the same page in subsequent reprint editions.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC068 Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Medieval Priory, Medieval Carthusian Monastery