Cellarers Chequer, Barnwell, Cambridge

History of the Cellarer's Chequer

The Cellarers Chequer is one of the few remaining parts of Barnwell Priory. It is a single-vaulted chamber, built between 1213 and 1265, and was probably a kitchen.

A charcoal drawing showing a weathered stone building with a tiled roof and open wooden doors, with a figure leaning on a fence.

Barnwell Priory, R Farren 1881

More information can be found on the Cambridge City Council website:

https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/cellarers-chequer

Listed Building

A stone building with large arches and a wooden door stands behind a metal fence, with a woman in a hat standing in the foreground.

Cellarers Chequer, Beche Road, 1900 (photo F G Binnie) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

A low stone building featuring arched doorways and weathered masonry stands on a grass verge against a pale, cloudy sky.

Cellarer’s Chequer (RGL2026)

A low, rectangular stone building with a tiled roof stands on a patch of grass, showing weathered masonry and brick buttresses.

Cellarer’s Chequer (RGL2026)

1913

The Old Abbey

Projects

Beche Road

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