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MONKS REREDORTER

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The Monk's Reredorter is believed to date to the 13th century and is a raised single-storey building. It is constructed of lias stone with Ham stone quoins and a half hipped thatched roof. It is now in use as a barn.

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(ST 42872482 Reredorter sited from Authority 3, fig.13.6, p.127 and OS 1:2500 1976)
Monks' reredorter, now barn. 13th century possibly.
Guardianship no. 429
Scheduled, Somerset 272 (sic. Incorrect, as SAM amendment of 24-Nov-1988 shows it to be Somerset 41).
Grade II*, forms part of Muchelney Abbey (NAR ST 42 SW 7) (1-3)

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(1) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) District of South Somerset, Sep. 1988, 119

(2) General reference

Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, 1958, 248-50 (N. Pevsner)

(3) General reference

Archaeology of Somerset, 1982, 127, fig.13.6 (M. Aston, I. Burrow)

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