Crown Prince Hirohito
The Great Hall (Bishop’s residence), Ely
History of the Great Hall
Listed Building
The Great Hall, or Guest Hall was built in the mid C13 and was remodelled in the early C14. During the Commonwealth it was subdivided into three storeys. It is built above a fine vaulted undercroft with ribbed vaults rising from plain columns without capitals.
Dean Kirkpatrick entertained Crown Prince Hirohito, later Emperor of Japan, in the Bishop’s garden. Hirohito was a student at Cambridge in the 1920s.
Building dates
- Built by 1270
Source for this date
- Built by 1270: Listed building: by mid C13 (grade I)
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