Denny Abbey Refectory is a Grade I listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. A C.1340 Refectory.

Denny Abbey Refectory

WRENN ID
final-postern-merlin
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1962
Type
Refectory
Address
Denny Abbey Refectory, Ely Road, Waterbeach
OS grid reference
TL 492 684
Coordinates
52.29402, 0.18685
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Denny Abbey Refectory is a refectory of a Franciscan nunnery built around 1340, currently undergoing restoration by the Department of the Environment as of 1984. The structure is made from Barnack and ashlar limestone and is unroofed. It features five windows on the north wall, each with two trefoiled lights and quatrefoils. The south wall was rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries, while the west wall dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. Before 1730, the building was converted into an eight-bayed barn with a thatched roof. A wall painting was recorded by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments around 1970. The building is Crown Property and is designated as a scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Denny Abbey Refectory 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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