The Hospitum, Museum Gardens, York
This building was probably the guesthouse to St Mary's Abbey. It was built in the 13th century. It is a two storey building, constructed of stone, with a timber-framed upper storey. The abbey itself was originally founded as the minster of St Olave at Galmanho before 1055. It had been re-established by 1068 as a Benedictine monastery. This was as part of an exchange of land between the Archbishop of York and monk Stephen of Whitby. Following a visit by William Rufus in c1086-9, the church was found to be too small for the brethren and William granted land next to the church to expand the abbey. A new church was built and rededicated to St Mary. It was the first monastic establishment founded in Yorkshire after the Conquest. It became one of the wealthiest abbeys of the order.
