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East facade and front steps of Nunnery Annex, Nunnery behind.
Nov. 1999 |
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Nunnery Annex being stabilized and restored.
Jan. 2001 |
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Door leading from collapsed outer room to magnificent, recently opened inner room.
Jan. 2001 |
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Looking along east facade, showing that major outside room has collapsed; at far right is door leading to inner room.
Jan. 2002 |
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Surviving vault of outer room, covered during restoration; the facing stones expertly fitted.
Jan. 2001 |
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Cross-section of end wall at far north of vault; Nunnery North Building behind.
Jan. 2001 |
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Fresh looking, evenly placed jamb stones suggest recent reconstruction.
Jan. 2002 |
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Fallen stones of collapsed front room.
Jan. 2002 |
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Typical so-called "boot stone", shaped to be tenoned into wall with face squared and smoothed, as in photo above.
Jan. 2002 |
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Looking from collapsed outer room through doorway into inner back room.
Jan. 2002 |
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Looking out through dooway of inner room.
Jan. 2002 (flash) |
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Lintels of same doorway, stabilized.
Jan. 2002 (flash) |
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