Remains of monastic settlement including tower and walls

Remains of a monastic settlement comprising outer boundary wall with the foundations of 3 or 4 rectangular cells to the NW; the enclosure is roughly oblong in shape, split into 2 compounds by a single wall offset to the NE end. Within the SW compound are the remains of the C12 church building of which only the central tower stands. To its W are the foundations of the nave, parts of the S wall of which are now within the walls of a late C19 cottage, also built over the site of a S transept to S of the tower. To the E is a late C19 building over the site of the chancel (excavated in 1896). The central C12 tower is of 2 stages and has a squat pyramidal roof. Built of local rubble masonry; on the E wall the roofline of the early chancel is visible, with that of the C13 above. The crossing has original round arched opposite doorways in E and W walls; the W doorway is now filled in. Above the centre of the E doorway a Roman box-tile is built in. To the S is an opening with a roughly-constructed semi-circular arch cutting through the reveals of a narrow round-headed window; the arch gave access to a S transept, the site now occupied by a small cottage. The upper stage of the tower is marked by a plain projecting string course and has original round-headed windows in each wall; those to S and W of 2 lights with the shafts missing.