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| HHER Number: | 2932 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | BISHOP'S PALACE, HATFIELD |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- PALACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Listed Building 1/
- Area of Archaeological Significance
- Listed Building (I) 158407: THE PALACE
Full description
Residence of the Bishops of Ely, built on a palatial scale by Bishop Morton c.1480-90. It became Crown property after the dissolution and was the childhood home of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I. Robert Cecil demolished much of it in the early 17C, and the building materials were re-used in Hatfield House and church. Originally built round a courtyard, with a gatehouse range to the W; only one wing (the hall range) and the gatehouse survive <1>. It is now used as a banqueting hall for visitors. <2> has the plan.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. Cropmarks of enclosures, Walkern. PNO 3433 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1910. p58 |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Pevsner, N, & Cherry, B. 1977. Buildings of England: Hertfordshire (2nd edition). p164 |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.3 (1912). p94 |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Jones, Arthur. 1984. Bedrooms, chimneys and lavatories! The development of Hertfordshire houses from shelters to homes. Photo, p16 |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Smith, J T. 1993. Hertfordshire houses: selective inventory. p75 |
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