Chew Court

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Chew Magna; Chute

In the civil parish of Chew Magna.
In the historic county of Somerset (Modern Authority of Bath and North East Somerset, 1974 county of Avon).

Chew Court, originally C14/C15, is said to have been one of the country residences of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Many windows appear to be later, C17 and C17, and several have been restored. The earliest portion is probably the gatehouse abutting the south end of the east wing, which was probably larger originally and now has modern plaintile roofs.

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 32915)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST57776321

Modern Map from

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Good for general location

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 198048

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p673
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p170
Pevsner, N., 1958, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (London, Penguin) p159

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p429

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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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