More information : [TQ 72425887] The east range of the friary has vanished and its site is buried beneath a high flood bank. The chapter house was a separate building and the eastern side of the cloister was formed by the dorter. The ground floor is of uncertain use - the south end was probably a common room. The buildings were demolished at the Dissolution. (1)
Refers to excavations by Col T.B. Shaw-Hellier. Directly opposite the front door of the present house were traces of the chapter-house. (2)
No plan or record of the excavations were kept. Foundations are visible in dry summers. (3)
In connection with the construction of the new church, excavation has exposed the old foundations of the east range of the friary. Close by, in the river bank, much rubble walling lies exposed and more has been washed down by the river Medway to lower levels. The greater part of the foundations of the cloister walk on the east and north sides have also been exposed and like the foundations of the old church, these and those of the east range are being built up to the new ground level with stone, and preserved. An Antiquity Model survey has been carried out, but as further work is in progress it should be checked by the field Reviser. (4)
Checked and correct. (5) |