THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Here, at Mount Grace, one sees how the Carthusian lived – a perfect hermit.  Here in his little house, with its one room downstairs (wherein was a closet for tools) and its two rooms upstairs, one of which was for sleeping in, the other for praying in, the monk spent what time was not occupied in the church or in the garden which surrounded his cell-like residence.  His meals were served to him through a little hatch at the side of the door – a hatch so constructed that the person serving could not see the person served, and vice versa.  The members of the community never dined together except on Sundays and great festivals – on all other days, save for attendance in choir, they lived, worked, and ate alone.

Fletcher/Enchanting, 1908