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| Name: | KING'S PALACE |
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| HER No.: | 148 |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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Summary
The site of a house belonging to the King, given to Dunstable Priory by King John in 1204. No visible sign of the house remains.
Full Description
The site of a house or palace belonging to the King. Documents refer to Henry I having built the house , and spending Christmas there in 1123 and 1132. The lands attached to the house were granted by Henry to the Augustinian Priory of Dunstable when he founded it in 1131/2, but the Charter specifies that he retained the house and garden. King John gave the house to the Priory in 1204. By the time of the Dissolution, the house had become a farmhouse and is later referred to by the name Kingsbury. The house was restored in the early 20th century, and its barn converted for use as the town museum. In 1934 it was sold and divided up into the Old Palace Lodge (which became a hotel in 1960), Kingsbury Stables (which became the Norman King public house in 1961) and Kingsbury Court.
There are now no visible remains of the palace.
Protected Status: None recorded
Monument Types
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PALACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 11, 1967-1969, pp 212-216, 237-243, 306-313, 353-358 |
| --- | SBD10791 - Bibliographic reference: Dunstable Museum Report. No 4, 1928-1929, frontispiece |
| --- | SBD10879 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 02. TL 02 SW 29 |
| --- | SBD10926 - Bibliographic reference: M J Hayward. 1978. The Dunstable Manor Court. p 34 |
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