The Dark Cloister Ely, England
Listed Building Data
The Dark Cloister 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1331687
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 23 September 1950
- Name
- THE DARK CLOISTER
- Location
- THE DARK CLOISTER, THE COLLEGE
- Parish
- Ely
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Grid Reference
- TL 54129 80195
- Easting
- 554129.0000
- Northing
- 280195.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
THE COLIEGE 1. l082 The Dark Cloister (Formerly listed as part of Residences incorporating remains of Infirmary includin I Chapel). TL 5479 2/97 25.9.50. GV 2. A mid C13 vaulted passage originally connecting the Dormitory with the Infirmary, with a storey above which probably contained a school. All that now remains is the south wall of the vaulted passage and a short length of the upper storey with a window jamb at the east end. There are 5 deeply recessed pointed arches with moulded corbels for the springing of the vault on the north side. The West bay has a Cl3 doorway and the east bay has a laer doorway. The centre 3 bays, on the south side, have C13 arcaded windows (blocked) set within a flat arch, with a quatrefoil window in the tympanum. AM.
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: TL5412980195
