Walls to the Gardens of the Prior's House and Guest Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Garden walls.
Walls to the Gardens of the Prior's House and Guest Hall
- WRENN ID
- fallow-step-heath
- 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
- Garden walls
- Address
- Walls to the Gardens of the Prior's House and Guest Hall, the College, Ely
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 801
- Coordinates
- 52.39736, 0.2625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls to the gardens of the Prior's House and Guest Hall date from the 18th century and are located within the college grounds. These stone rubble walls, topped with stone capping, extend from the Cloister wall at the north end to enclose the garden south of the Prior's House on the east, south, and west sides, reaching up to the southwest corner of Prior Crauden's Chapel. Some parts of these walls are scheduled as ancient monuments.
These walls are part of a group that includes significant structures such as the Great Hall (Bishop's residence), the Queen's Hall (Headmaster's House), the walls to the garden of the Bishop's residence, the Guest Quarters of the Monastery, and the walls to the Guest Quarters of the Monastery, as well as 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, the Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery, and the wall to the Barn and Storehouse. This group also includes 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), along with The Gallery. For further context, refer to the general group description under the Cathedral of The Holy Trinity.
Local climate
Walls to the Gardens of the Prior's House and Guest Hall 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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