How Monks and Lay Brothers Lived
2 West Gate
3 First view of the ruins – turn left Pass through the visitor centre and enter the grounds
4 Entrance to church
5 Pass cemetery entrance
6 Face the belfry tower and nave where the lay brothers had their places
A tour of the Abbey
Photography by Roy Chatfield
Photography by Roy Chatfield
1 Plan of Abbey reproduced here by kind permission of English Heritage
7 The Church – the most important building
8 Father Hilary and Brother Peter visit Furness Abbey
9 The sedilia
10 The sedilia to the left and vestry door to right
11 Piscina in the vestry
12 Original tiled floor in North transept chapel
13 Night stairs
14 Cloister area
16 to the left is the original entrance to Savigniac Chapter House
15 The Cloister showing remains of lay brothers’ quarters
