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Plan of Grey Abbey in County Down, Northern Ireland. Note the calefactory in the southeast corner (upper right on the map).

The calefactory (also warming house) was an important room or building in a medieval monastery in Western Europe.^[1] In the present day it is a communal place of recreation and fellowship in religious houses such as monasteries, priories, and convents.^[2]

^ Birt 1907, pp. 12–13; Hodges 2005, p. 96.
^ "Calefactory". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 November 2024.