List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: DENNY ABBEY REFECTORY

List Entry Number: 1331328

Location

DENNY ABBEY REFECTORY, ELY ROAD

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Waterbeach

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: I

Date first listed: 31-Aug-1962

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 50694

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List Entry Description

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History

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Details

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TL 46 NE WATERBEACH ELY ROAD (East Side) 4/148 Denny Abbey Refectory 31.8.62

GV I

Refectory of Franciscan nunnery c.1340 now (1984) under restoration by the DoE. Barnack and ashlar limestone, unroofed. Five, two-trefoiled-light windows with quatrefoils in north wall, south wall rebuilt C16 and C17, and west wall C17 and C18. Converted before 1730 to an eight-bayed barn with thatched roof. Wall painting recorded by R.C.H.M. c.1970. The building is Crown Property and is a scheduled Ancient Monument. Spittle, S.D.T. Arch. J. Vol, 124, 1967 (for plan) R.C.H.M. (Cambs notes) Sketches of wall paintings Masters, R. History of Waterbeach (Buck engraving 1730) Clay, W.K. History of Waterbeach p. 136 (interior illus.) 1857.

Listing NGR: TL4923368460

Selected Sources

Books and journals
Clay, W K, History of Waterbeach, (1859)
Masters, R, History of Waterbeach
'Archaeological Journal' in Archaeological Journal, , Vol. 124, (1967), 232 233

Map

National Grid Reference: TL 49233 68460

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