Cellarers House (Boarding House of King's School) Ely, England

Listed Building Data

Cellarers House (Boarding House of King's School) 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1126510
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
23 September 1950
Name
CELLARERS HOUSE (BOARDING HOUSE OF KING'S SCHOOL)
Location
CELLARERS HOUSE (BOARDING HOUSE OF KING'S SCHOOL), THE COLLEGE
Parish
Ely
District
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Grid Reference
TL 54136 80178
Easting
554136.0000
Northing
280178.0000

Listed Building Description

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

THE COLLEGE 1. 1082 Cellarers House (Boarding House of Kiiag's School) (formerly listed as part of Residences incorporating remains of TL 5479 2/102 Infirmary including Chapel) 23.9.50. I GV 2, The Cellares House, now a boarding house of King's School extends south at the west end of Infirmary Lane. It is probably of earlier date than Infirmary. The ground storey has massive walls and a Norman barrel vault. Much of the building was demolished in 1770 when the dwelling was built on the south side. The north side has 2 bays of the C12 Infirmary arcade, with rickly ornamented arches and capitals. The roof is tiled, with flat headed dormers. the buff coloured house on the south side was built in 1770 and an upper attic storey was added in the C19. The south front has 5 window range, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in flush cased frames. A central C19 gabled porch projects on the front. The west front is C19 with 2 stone mullioned bays, in C14 style and 2 crow-stepped gables. The roof is tiled, with 5 C19 gabled dormers on the south front.

The Dark Cloister, Powcher's Hall, the Painted Chamber (Walsingham House), the Chapel of the Infirmary (Deanery), the Black Hostelry and Cellarers Chamber and Cellarers House (Boarding House of King's School) form a group.

See also general group description under the Cathedral of The Holy Trinity.

Listing NGR: TL5413680178