Father Ignatius was laid to rest in the chancel floor of the Abbey church, under a tiled cross with the symbols of the four Evangelists and the inscription HIC JACET IGNATIUS JESUS OSB DOMUS CONDITOR PRIMUSQUE ABBAS R.I.P. OBIT OCT 16 MCMVIII.
Before long both the monastery and the Abbey church began to decay. The monastery and lands were acquired in 1924 by Eric Gill, sculptor, engraver and typographer, who gave the site a new lease of life as a family home and workshop for himself and a loose community of colleagues. Eventually it passed to the family of his grand-daughter Helen, who had married Wilf Davies. For many years Wilf was Warden of the Brecon Beacons National Park. They in turn raised their family at Capel, before retiring to Abergavenny and passing the monastery to the Knill family, the current owners.
However whilst the monastery flourished the Abbey slid towards terminal disrepair. The reredos, furnishings and parts of the roof were removed; the vaulting and the upper walls collapsed into the interior, smashing the tomb. By the 1960s the Abbey church and the tomb of Fr Ignatius presented a scene of utter ruin and desolation.
Yet Llanthony Abbey had been a place of pilgrimage in Ignatius' own lifetime, and continued to be so after his death. It was this living tradition which provided the impetus to establish the Trust and begin to restore and repair the site. Two of the Founder trustees were Wilf Davies and the Carmelite Fr Brocard Sewell, who lived at Capel for a number of years.
All the clearance and repair work was carried out by the Trust through self-help: financial assistance from friends and supporters, and practical help from local crastsmen and women, together with willing working parties of venture Scouts, Guides and other volunteer groups. Many weekend visits were made by The Young Adventurers Club from Hampstead.
 "The Monastery as it looks today (Click to enlarge)")