It was financed by a £7,000 bequest from Mary Anne Alliott who was the aunt of the founder of the friary, Fr Arthur Wells.

The same year, Albert Ketèlbey wrote his light classical music piece, In a Monastery Garden, having visited the friary.

The friars were distributed amongst the other Franciscan houses in Britain and the parish church of the Holy Ghost was closed.

[6] The monastic community follows the Rule of St Benedict under the guidance of an Abbot, centred on the Divine Office and Mass prayed daily in the Abbey Church, often in a mix of Latin and English including Gregorian Chant.

[8] St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth compiles 'The Book of Saints, A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary' by Dom Basil Watkins OSB.