The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Mary de Petra (medieval)
Ruined church, formerly Augustinian abbey
The church consists of a nave measuring 17.25 m x 6.8 m internally and a chancel 5.76
m in length. A later range of conventual buildings lies S of the E end of the nave.
The N wall of the nave collapsed in the 15thc. and was rebuilt further S, in line
with the N wall of the chancel. There is a doorway near the W end of the N wall of
the nave and two doorways near the E end of the S wall of the nave, one leading into
the sacristy, the other to the exterior. (Leask’s plan also shows a W doorway). There
is a doorway near the W end of the N wall of the nave and two doorways near the E end
of the S wall of the nave, one leading into the sacristy, the other to the exterior.
(Leask’s plan also shows a W doorway).