Cleeve Hall

In the civil parish of Bishops Cleeve.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire (Modern Authority of Gloucestershire, 1974 county of Gloucestershire).

Former residence of the Bishop of Worcester built in mid-late C13 and altered in 1667 by Bishop Nicholas of Gloucester. The original house consisted of a stone built hall with two storey wings projecting on both sides. Nothing remains of the main range, the service wing retains its old walling in the east half though the back part of the wing has been rebuilt. The form of the solar wing survives intact, but there are very few early features. Alterations were carried out in C18 and most of the house was refenestrated in C19. The building had been converted into offices by 1987.

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

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 135126)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO95682763

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 117608

Books

Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p187
Verey, David, 1980, The Buildings of England: The Vale and the Forest of Dean p108
Elrington, C.R. (ed), 1968, VCH Gloucester Vol8 p20

Journal Articles

1976 Feb, Cotswold Life

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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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