St Nicholas Priory
Exeter
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Founded by William the Conqueror in 1087 as a priory, today the ancient Norman St Nicholas Priory is a museum—reflecting an Elizabethan town house. It's the oldest standing building in Exeter. The cellar (above) dates from early Norman. How cool is that?!
We take a bus to the Axminster train station, then a train to Exeter. On the way to the station we stop at a Co-Op to pick up lunch fixings, which we promptly eat when we get on the train even though we've technically already eaten breakfast.
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Huge kitchen. The fireplace on the left would have been used as a spit to roast large beasts. The other would be used for porridge and suet and whatever else wasn't a beast.
Just off the bedroom...a toilet!
The hole would lead down to a pit where some unlucky chap had the job to shovel it up.
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The tiny door to the left of the main door leads to a tiny circular stairwell.