Bishop's Palace Norwich, England
Listed Building Data
Bishop's Palace has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1372759
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 26 February 1954
- Name
- BISHOP'S PALACE
- Location
- BISHOP'S PALACE, THE CLOSE
- District
- Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Grid Reference
- TG 23458 08967
- Easting
- 623458.0000
- Northing
- 308967.0000
Listed Building Description
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TG 2308 NW THE CLOSE 16/167 Bishop's Palace (formerly listed 26.2.54 under St.Martin-at-Palace Plain) - I Former Bishop's Palace, now school. C11 onwards. 1858-9 restorations by Ewan Christian. Flint with brick and stone dressings. Horizontal brick bands. Plain and plain tile roofs. Large L-plan north of the Cathedral and originally connected to it. 3 and 4 storeys above C11 barrel vaulting. West facade:- Completely refaced in 1858-9 central projecting bay with 2 stone mullion and transom windows at ground floor and sash windows above. 5 bays to right with mullion and transom windows throughout with brick relieving arches above. 4 bays to left with stone mullion and transom windows. One 3-light and one large 2-light window at first floor. C19 perpendicular window top right-hand. Gables centre with stack and extreme right. Square clustered stacks. Remains of connecting bay to cathedral on south elevation. The east wall has remains of blocked Romanesque windows. 6 bays of barrel-vaulting with flat transverse arches. Beneath this in the north-east corner is a brick-built undercroft. To the north is a 4-bay brick-built undercroft with a central pier. Fine Queen post roof to former ' High presence ' Chamber. This above C19 plaster vaulted hall. East Wing:- Flint. C19 flintwork at first floor with horizontal brick courses. Pantile roof. 2 storeys. 2 central first-floor traceried windows. Romansque arch at right-hand relating to lower ground level. 4-bay twin-aisled brick-built undercroft.
Listing NGR: TG2345808967
