St Peter's was a monastic church then, and its priests travelled out into the surrounding countryside.
The smaller monastic church at Daphni, c. 1080, uses a simpler version of this plan.
About 1180 or so, Brinkburn became an independent house, and the building of the monastic church was commenced.
It ceased to be a monastic church after secularization in 1802.
It is probably on the site of an earlier monastic church.
In 1835, the monastic church was converted into a parish church to serve the people of the town.
During this period he painted mainly altar architecture in monastic churches.
The least well-preserved part of the complex is the monastic church.
Chapter houses often occur adjacent to monastic or cathedral churches.
It was originally a monastic church, which explains the abnormal appearance.