Marwell Bishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Marwell Manor

In the civil parish of Owslebury.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

The moated site now occupied by Marwell Manor Farm (a building of little architectural interest) is that of the ancient episcopal palace of Marwell, which was probably destroyed in C16 and of a college of secular priests. The remains of the college, now used as outbuildings, stand at the North-East corner of the site. Beyond the moat to the south is a small C16 building, now a cottage. Bishop Henry de Blois (1129-71) founded a small college of secular priests in the church or chapel of Marwell Park. At the time of the Valor it was termed a Chantry, and at the Suppression it went with the episcopal estate and the manor to Sir Henry Seymour.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 145456, 145459)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU500209

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 235294

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 997

Web site links
- http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/entries/v01p243e02.html
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p430-34
  Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p186
  James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p65
  Pevsner, N. and Lloyd, D., 1973, The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Harmondsworth)
  Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol3 p332-4
Journal Articles
- Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Vol14 p274

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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