Wall to the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. A C17 Wall. 2 related planning applications.
Wall to the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery
- WRENN ID
- floating-jamb-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1972
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall to the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery, the College, Ely, CB7 4DG
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 799
- Coordinates
- 52.39607, 0.26209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall to the barn and storehouse of the monastery is a 17th-century red brick structure that has been patched and features a weathered coping and a plinth. It runs from the south of Ely Porta to Hill House in Back Hill. This wall is part of a group that includes the Great Hall (Bishop's residence), the Queen's Hall (Headmaster's House), the wall to the garden of the Bishop's residence, the guest quarters of the monastery, the walls to the guest quarters, Ely Porta, the Prior's House (Boarding House of the King's School), Prior Crauden's Chapel, and the walls to the garden of the Prior's House, as well as the Bishop's Palace and its surrounding walls, and Nos 2 to 8 (consecutive) and No 9 (Stables to Bishop's Palace), The Gallery.
Local climate
Wall to the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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