Note: not all
the places listed are visible on this plan.
1 Abbot or Prior's house
2 Almonry - where alms in the form of food or money were distributed
to the needy by the almoner
3 Bakehouse
4 Brew House
5 Buttery The word has nothing to do with "butter", but comes from
old French "boterie" and the Latin
"botaria", meaning "cask or bottle". The buttery was a storage area
for ale and wine.
6 Calefactory - a warming room
7 Cellarium - A storeroom, often underground
8 Cemetary
9 Chapels
10 Chapter House - the meeting rooms for the administrative body of
the monastery. In England the
chapter house was usually polygon-shaped, with a sharply pointed roof.
11 Church - usually the first part of the monastery top be completed
in stone.
12 Cloister - an open area, often grassed, sometimes with a fountain
in the centre.
13 Corn mill
14 Dormitory - often called "dorter" from the French "dortoir", the
sleeping quarters of the monks.
15 Farm
16 Fish ponds
17 Fraterhouse - Sometimes called "frater" or "refectory" - the dining
area.
18 Garden
19 Garderobes - latrines.
20 Guest Houses
21 Infirmary - the sickroom of the monastery, often with its own chapel
and kitchens.
22 Kitchen - the kitchen was generally in a separate building because
of the risk of fire.
23 Lay brothers dormitory - the lay brother was not a full-fledged
monk. He took religious vows, but
focused on a life of manual work, allowing the monks to spend more
time in scholarship and
ontemplation.
24 Library - the precious books and manuscripts of the monastery were
often chained to desks, so
valuable were they.
25 Locutory - a room for conversation, also a place where monks might
meet with people from the
outside world.
26 Night Stairs - permitted passage from the dortoir to the church
for night services.
27 Piggery
28 Prison cells - a monk or lay brother might be confined in a cell
for major transgressions.
29 Quarry
30 Reredorter - Small rooms at the rear of the dorter (dormitory) with
seats and running water.
31 Smithy - Located away from the main buildings because of the risk
of fire.
32 Stables
33 Workshops
Source: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval-monastery-map.htm