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The monks' infirmary is situated to the south-east of the claustral buildings, and is of unusual plan. At the east end is a late thirteenth-century vault of three bays, divided by central columns, which may perhaps be the substructure of the infirmary chapel, though it runs north and south. On its west side arc two parallel rooms with windows in their north walls; the western of these rooms has a fireplace in its east wall with a chimney-breast projecting into the eastern room. The external buttresses of these rooms suggest that they are of the fourteenth century. West of these is a room 54 ft long running east and west which may have been the infirmary hall. Its south wall appears to have been rebuilt on an earlier foundation. To the west of it are the foundations of another smaller room at right-angles, with a door in its west wall.

To the east of the church is the monastic cemetery, enclosed by a wall; its boundary is continued southwards to join a range running east from the south end of the dorter; the structural remains are of inferior construction and late date, and may even belong to a post-Suppression occupation of the site.

To the west of the abbey, a little way down the lane leading to Oldstead, are the remains of the gatehouse. One semicircular arch still survives spanning the road, and there are fragments of the side walls.