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Norwich Bishops Palace
In the civil parish of Norwich.
In the historic county of Norfolk (Modern Authority of Norfolk, 1974 county of Norfolk).
Externally a mid C19 building, the palace was constructed initially in 1104-6 by Bishop Losinga. It consisted of a vaulted wing projecting from the north wall of the Cathedral and terminating in a miniature keep. Bishop Salmon, 1279-1325, added a vaulted Kitchen forming an L-shaped plan. Salmon built a crypt and Domestic Hall on the site of a late Norman ground floor hall. Salmon's State Hall to the north-east has disappeared except for the porch and his fine chapel windows which are re-used in Bishop Reynold's Chapel. The palace also contains a Norman barrel vault, a C14 vault in the kitchen, C15 priory prison and traces of the Medieval building in an upstairs room. Rebuilt in 1858-9 by E Ewan Christian it is externally a mid C19 structure, L-shaped, 3-storeyed, flint faced with a brick string course. Included in the licence to crenellate issued to the bishop in 1327 although as this was for all his houses may not have resulted in any building work.
This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 228914, 229148)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TG23460896
PastScape number;
923556, 923612, 923601, 923590
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p66
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p12, 30, 41-2, 44, 167, 181
Atherton, L., Fence, F., Harper-Bill, C. and Smith, H. (eds), 1996, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City and Diocese, 1096-1996 (London)
Ayers, B., 1994, English Heritage Book of Norwich (London: Batsford/English Heritage)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p310
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1962, Buildings of England: Norwich and north-east Norfolk (Penguin) p229, 238
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p288, 422
Journal Articles
- Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
Whittingham, A.B., 1980, 'The bishop's palace, Norwich' Archaeological Journal Vol37 p365-8
Whittingham, A.B., 1949, 'The monastic buildings of Norwich cathedral' Archaeological Journal Vol106 p86-7
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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