Penryn Bishops Palace

In the civil parish of Penryn.
In the historic county of Cornwall (Modern Authority of Cornwall, 1974 county of Cornwall).

Medieval bishops residential manor, small and infrequently used, in Penryn, situated across the road from the Glasney College. After the Reformation the building and chapel became ruinous and were finally demolished in early C19. There is now a modern house on the site, in the garden of which are a number of Medieval carved stones.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible 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 66669)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SW78494250

Modern Map from

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Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 427689

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p549-51
Higham, Robert A., 1999, 'Castles, Fortified Houses and Fortified Towns in the Middle Ages' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p136-43
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p177
Wingfield, D.E., 1979, Penryn: archaeology and development, a survey (Truro)
Elliott-Binns, L.E., 1955, Medieval Cornwall p302-5

Journal Articles

Henderson, C., 1955, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol2 p48-9
1865, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Vol1 p3

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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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