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Salisbury Bishops Palace and Cathedral Close
In the civil parish of Salisbury.
In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).
Bishop's palace situated to the southeast of the Cathedral in The Close. It was established during the 1220s and crenallated during C14. The palace has undergone many phases of construction, alterations and repairs. It was restored during mid C15 and extended some time after 1568. A chapel is first documented in 1588. Parts of the palace were demolished post 1648, with the surviving elements being converted into an inn and tenements. However rebuilding took place during the 1660s with further additions taking place during later C17 and early C18. The palace was refurbished during late C18 with further additions constructed though out C19. Parts were demolished in 1931. Part of the palace was used by Bishop Wordsworth School in 1890. It has been used by the Cathedral School from 1947. Close licensed in 1327 and Palace licensed in 1337 and 1377.
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.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1327 Aug 31.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1337 Aug 30.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1377 July 20.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 318958)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU14392940
PastScape number;
217713
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p627-9
Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p18, 24, 37, 80-1, 90, 105, 129, 207, 218, 237, 256
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p167, 168, 184
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2
RCHME, 198?, 'Houses in the Close', in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury Vol2 (HMSO)
RCHME, 1980, ‘City defences’, in Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury Vol1 (HMSO) p50-51
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71 plan p66
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London)
Rogers, J.H., 1969, 'Salisbury' in Lobel, M.D. (ed), Historic Towns: Maps and Plans of Towns and Cities in the British Isles, with Historical Commentaries, from Earliest Times to 1800' Vol1 (London: Lovell Johns-Cook, Hammond and Kell Organization) p1-9
Crittal, Eliz. (ed), 1962, 'Salisbury: The liberty of the close' VCH Wiltshire Vol6 p72-9 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=41783
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p328, 408, 411
Journal Articles
- Coulson, C., 1982, 'Hierarchism in Conventual Crenellation: An Essay in the Sociology and Metaphysics of Medieval Fortification' Medieval Archaeology Vol26 p69-100
1947, Archaeological Journal Vol104 p9
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1327-30) p159
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p498
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1377-81) p9, 10
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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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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