Winchester Palace London, England
Listed Building Data
Winchester Palace has been designated a Grade II* 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shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.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
- 1378484
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 2 March 1950
- Name
- REMAINS OF WINCHESTER PALACE
- Location
- REMAINS OF WINCHESTER PALACE, CLINK STREET
- District
- Southwark
- County
- Greater London Authority
- Grid Reference
- TQ 32572 80391
- Easting
- 532572.0000
- Northing
- 180391.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
SOUTHWARK
TQ3280SE CLINK STREET 636-1/17/211 (South side) 02/03/50 Remains of Winchester Palace (Formerly Listed as: CLINK STREET (South side) Remains of Winchester Palace (incorp'ted in warehouses .. E from Stoney Street))
II*
Great hall of Bishop of Winchester's palace (remains), now incorporated in warehouses. Early C14. Walls of mainly original early C14 stonework (on earlier foundations) consist of high west wall with part of return wall south, with excavations on a rectangular plan exposed to east. Between 3rd- and 4th-floor levels of west wall, remains of C14 rose window (restored 1972) with inserted hexagon of 18 cusped triangles. Beneath, on 1st floor, 3 arched openings with traces of jambs. At basement level on east side of west wall are stone vault springers. On south wall, between ground and 1st floor, a C14 pointed-arched doorway with moulded arch and jambs, attached shafts and caps, with remains of arched opening below. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: this was the town residence of the Bishops of Winchester from the C12 to the Civil War, when it was used as a civil prison. By the C18 warehouses had been established over most of the site, forming the main character of the Clink area. The medieval ruin is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TQ3257280391
