Barnwell Priory Barnwell Priory (The Cellarer's Checker) is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A C13 Priory. 1 related planning application.
Barnwell Priory Barnwell Priory (The Cellarer's Checker)
- WRENN ID
- narrow-rampart-ochre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Priory
- Address
- Barnwell Priory Barnwell Priory (The Cellarer's Checker), Beche Road, CB5 8HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 589
- Coordinates
- 52.2096, 0.13905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is the remains of a 13th-century stone building, originally part of the claustral buildings of Barnwell Priory. Constructed of Barnack stone with a tiled roof, surviving elements from the 13th century include a doorway, several windows, and a fireplace. The site is owned by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society and includes fragments related to Abbey House on Abbey Road.
Local climate
Barnwell Priory Barnwell Priory (The Cellarer's Checker) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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