DOUAI ABBEY

Monastery Building Development

2 Demolition of the temporary link passage

June 20
At the end of Mass today we discovered the builders had started to demolish the link section between the monastery and the Conference Centre.
We now have to go through the garden to reach the church, refectory or conference centre from the monastery.
The link was built to connect temporarily the 1966 monastery building with the 1925 building. Here are two views of the work in progress.
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Picture from a top floor window showing Work in progress removing the topsoil from one of the lawns in prepartion for building to begin.
Behind can be seen the excavation for the underground carpark on the ajacent site.
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June 21
The link was completely demolished today.
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The last wall standing.
The temporary end of the cloister.
The door which led from the link into the Conference Centre.
June 27
The site marked out in preparation for building.
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