The Chapter House of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. Red ochre decoration around ribs of the vaulted roof. Mouse can only look on in awe. This space must have been beautiful in its day, now lost to faded glory #ChapterHouseCleeveAbbey part V #SundayStonework

The Chapter House of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. Zoom in for red ochre single line #FictiveMasonry typical of C13 and fine flowing decoration around the apex. More than 750 years since the brush applied these now faint marks #ChapterHouseCleeveAbbey part IV #SundayStonework

The Chapter House of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset. Typical C13 corbels supporting the ribs of the vaulted roof. Quite often corbels of this shape are seen with fragments of he ribs attached but the vaulting itself has been destroyed #ChapterHouseCleeveAbbey part III #SundayStonework

The Chapter House of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset from the east. The building has been slighted but the structure of the vaulting is still visible #ChapterHouseCleeveAbbey part II

The central arch of the Chapter House of #CleeveAbbey #Somerset flanked by windows. To the left (north) entrance to the library, to the right (south) day entrance to the dormitory, entrances to the parlour and warming room #ChapterHouseCleeveAbbey part I