7 and 8, The Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Building. 7 related planning applications.
7 and 8, The Gallery
- WRENN ID
- under-buttress-ridge
- 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
- Building
- Address
- 7 and 8, The Gallery, Ely
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 801
- Coordinates
- 52.39758, 0.26206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 7 and 8, The Gallery, is an 18th-century building made of buff-colored brick, likely an extension to the 16th-century stables of Bishop's Palace (No 9). The building has two storeys, featuring a five-window arrangement on the east front, which faces The Gallery, with horizontal sliding sashes on the first storey and casements on the ground storey. The west front has a four-window arrangement, with horizontal sliding sashes on the ground storey and casements on the first storey. A raised brick band runs between the storeys on the west front, and the roofs are tiled with a brief dentil eaves course.
Nos 2 to 8, along with No 9 (the stables of the Bishop's Palace), form a group with several significant structures, including the Great Hall (Bishop's residence), The Queen's Hall (Headmaster's House), the wall to the garden of the Bishop's residence, guest quarters of the Monastery, walls to the guest quarters of the Monastery, Ely Porta, Prior's House (Boarding House of the King's School), Prior Crauden's Chapel, walls to the garden of the Prior's House, Ely Porta, the barn and storehouse of the Monastery, and the wall to the barn and storehouse, as well as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Bishop's Palace, and the wall to the Bishop's Palace.
Local climate
7 and 8, The Gallery 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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- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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- Guest Quarters of the Monastery
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- Walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery and Ely Porta
- The Queen's Hall (Headmaster's House)
- 2, The Gallery