• Mount Grace Priory and Manor House

    August 9, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    An old Carthusian Priory and a manor house built in the old guesthouse in the 1880s as a holiday stay.
    The rebuild was influenced by the Arts and Craft movement and has some very nice features including a genuine William Morris carpet.
    The Carthusians were more like hermit monks and didn’t really live the communal life. The individual cells were like little two storey terrace houses. Everyone had a bedroom, a study, a oratory and a large upstairs workroom.
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