The Black Hostelry and Cellarers Chamber Ely, England

Listed Building Data

The Black Hostelry and Cellarers Chamber 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
1167456
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
23 September 1950
Name
THE BLACK HOSTELRY AND CELLARERS CHAMBER
Location
THE BLACK HOSTELRY AND CELLARERS CHAMBER, THE COLLEGE
Parish
Ely
District
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Grid Reference
TL 54156 80181
Easting
554156.0000
Northing
280181.0000

Description

The Black Hostelry extends to the south at the east end of Infirmary Lane, with the Cellarers Chamber adjoining on the east side (now the Chapter office). The Black Hostelry was built circa 1291-92 to accommodate visiting monks from other Benedictine monasteries.

Listed Building Description

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

TL 5779 THE COLLEGE The Black Hostelry & 2/101 Cellarers. Chamber (formerly listed as part of residences incorporating remains of Infirmary including Chapel).

GV I

The Black Hostelry extends to the south at the east end of Infirmary Lane, with the Cellarers Chamber adjoining on the east side (now the Chapter office) The Black Hostelry was built circa 1291-92 to accommodate visiting monks from other Benedictine monasteries. The vaulted undercroft is of the early c13 with ribbed vaults rising from central columns with moulded caps and bases. The lower storey is of carr stone rubble with Barnack (or similar) stone dressings and the upper storey is timber-framed and plastered on the south and east sides and stone on the west side which is unfenestrated. A massive C15 red brick chimney stack with some stone rubble at the base projects on the south side, with 4 offsets and 3 octagonal shafts with moulded caps and bases. The north end has remains of tile C12 Infirmary arcade. The windows generally are 2 and 3 lights with arched heads and squared hood moulds, The interior has mediaeval features including a turn or opening between servery and halls to enable food to be passed without the server being seen, a C15 doorway and a C13-C14 King Post roof with moulded caps and bases. Roof tiled, with 3 C19 gabled dormers on the east side. The cellarers chamber, now tile Chapter Office, adjoins the Black Hostelry on the east side. It was built into the south aisle of the Infirmary in the C15. 2 storeys and attics 2 window range. The ground storey windows have 2 lights with plate tracery and the lst storey windows are mullioned and transomed with treoil arched heads to the lights. A central buttress separates the windows. Roof tiled, with 2 C19 gabled dormers.

The Dark Cloister, Powcher's Hall, the Painted Chamber (Walsingham House), the Chapel of the Infirmary (Deanery), the Black Hostelry & 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: TL5415680181