The Guest Hall of the friary lay on a small island between a branch in the river. It was rectangular shaped in plan measuring approximately 60 feet in length E-W, and 30 feet in width N-S with buttresses at each corner and along either side at the eastern end. A drawing by Thomas Langden, dated 1595, shows the building to have been situated next to the gatehouse/gateway, built over two storeys, the lower section being an undercroft with the hall above which was probably open to the roof space. Access to the main friary refectory block would have been via two small bridges over the river. The date of construction of the building is not known but obviously is after 1236-37 when the friary was founded and possibly by 1260 when most of the buildings had been completed, however the roof appears to be of c. 1320 date, and either indicates a later date of construction of the building, or that ity was later re-roofed.

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