Abbey Guest House

Abbey Guest House is a monastic guest house that has been converted into a museum and tea room. It dates from the late 15th century and is constructed of limestone rubble and timber framing with plaster and brick infill, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys tall. The rubble front features two entrances and tall leaded casement windows, with those on the ground floor having labels. The windows in the right bay have 18th and 19th-century segmental arches, while a blocked original window retains the trefoiled heads of two lights with recessed spandrels. The right end of the wall shows the left jamb and springing stone of an arched doorway. The roof includes a lateral stack on the left and a ridge stack on the right. The ends and rear of the building are timber framed in large panels, with a full-length rear jetty supported by curved brackets. The rear features herringbone brick infill at the ground floor, leaded casements with ogee mullions, and a blocked four-centre arched doorway. The right gable wall has a timber-framed staircase addition. Inside, there is 17th-century oak panelling, remains of a rear gallery, and a clasped-purlin roof with queen strut trusses and arched windbraces. The building was converted to a school in 1652.