The Chantry is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. House.
The Chantry
- WRENN ID
- winter-fireplace-pine
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Chantry, Palace Green, Ely
- OS grid reference
- TL 539 803
- Coordinates
- 52.39938, 0.2612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chantry is an 18th-century brick house built with local bricks, featuring a decorative wooden eaves cornice with modillions. It has two storeys and attics. The central section of the front facade slightly protrudes and is topped with a modillion pediment. A red brick band runs between the two storeys, and the building has five window ranges with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The windows are adorned with red brick gauged arches. On the west end, there are two window ranges, and a two-storey wing extends to the rear, also with two window ranges. The central entrance features a doorway with a domed hood supported by enriched console brackets. The roof is covered with old Cambridgeshire tiles, has stopped gables, and includes two flat-headed dormers.
The Chantry, along with the Walls and Gates to The Chantry, No 3, and the wall and railings to No 3, form a group with the Bishop's Palace, the College, and The Cathedral of The Holy Trinity.
Local climate
The Chantry 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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