Monument record 758/1/4 - Vale Royal Abbey - Abbey Kitchen

The Abbey Kitchen can be identified as a separate unit within the present house and forming the south-west corner of the cloister. It is a two- bay stone building with most of its original roof surviving. A stone four- centred arched doorway gives access from what must have been the west cloister walk into a room formally open through two storeys to the roof. Two trusses survive, the central one a hammerbeam and the eastern one of tiebeam and collar with diagonal struts. Later alterations included replacement of the fireplaces and insertion of floors, but the room remained a kitchen into modern times (1).

<1> McNeil R & Turner RC, 1988, An Architectural and Topographical Study of Vale Royal Abbey (Article in Journal). SCH250.

<2> Various, Cheshire History, 15/18-22 McNeil R 1985 (Journal/Periodical). SCH811.

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 10/24-27 McNeil R 1985 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<4> English Heritage, Various, Old/Original Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Description), SAM 30398 1999 (Scheduling Record). SCH4606.

<4> English Heritage, Various, Schedule Entry (Scheduled Ancient Monuments Amendment), SAM 30398 1999 (Scheduling Record). SCH2950.