Bishop's Hostel Cambridge, England

Listed Building Data

Bishop's Hostel has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1125498
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
26 April 1950
Name
TRINITY COLLEGE, BISHOP'S HOSTEL
Location
TRINITY COLLEGE, BISHOP'S HOSTEL
District
Cambridge
County
Cambridgeshire
Grid Reference
TL 44698 58556
Easting
544698.0000
Northing
258556.0000

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

TRINITY COLLEGE 1. 942 Bishop's Hostel TL 4458 NE 3/294 26.4.50. I 2. Built by Dr John Hackett, Bishop of Lichfield 1669-1671. The building is of brick, 2 storeys high, with projecting wings and hipped roofs of tiles. Restored by A W Blomfield 1874-78. Brick plinth, stone quoins and plat band at 1st floor level; plaster coved eaves cornice. C19 windows, hipped late C18 dormers. 3 bay frontage with Ionic centrepiece. Stone over doorway inscribed Bishop's Hostel 1670. The interior has been modernised, but 2 original staircases and some bolection moulded panelling and other fittings survive. (RCHM).

Listing NGR: TL4469858556