Walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta is a Grade I listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Wall.
Walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta
- WRENN ID
- muted-lancet-magpie
- Grade
- I
- 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
- Walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta, the College
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 800
- Coordinates
- 52.39721, 0.26234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta are a Grade I listed structure dating back to 1082. These walls are made of stone rubble and feature a ridged stone capping. They extend from the southwest corner of the Guest Quarters of the Monastery to the northwest corner of Ely Porta. On the east side, small gardens have been created using stone rubble walls, with some brick, running from the gateway to the Guest Hall, which is the Bishop's residence, to the northeast corner of Ely Porta.
This group of buildings 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 of the Monastery and Ely Porta, the Prior's House (Boarding House of the King's School), Prior Crauden's Chapel, the walls to the garden of the Prior's house, Ely Porta, and the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery, along with the wall to the Barn and Storehouse. These structures form a group with the Bishop's Palace, the walls to the Bishop's Palace, and Nos 2 to 8 (consecutive) and No 9 (stables to Bishop's Palace), as well as The Gallery. For further context, see the general group description under the Cathedral of The Holy Trinity.
Local climate
Walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta 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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