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| Name: | Bishop's Palace Gatehouse |
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| HER Reference: | WCM96092 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 849 546 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO85SW |
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| Parish: | Worcester (Non Civil Parish), Worcester City, Worcestershire |
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| Worcester, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- GATEHOUSE (MEDIEVAL - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (between))
Full description
Medieval gatehouse.
The medieval entrance to the Bishop's Palace site (WCM 96016) was at the north-east corner, via a gatehouse {1}. Adjacent to the gatehouse were the lodgekeeper's house and a stable block {2}. The date and character of the gatehouse are not known, though it may have been built before or soon after 1271 when, consequent on Welsh attacks, the bishop was licenced to crenellate the cathedral close {3}. It was demolished before 1741 (Doharty's map of Worcester {4}) and replaced by a carriage entrance with wrought-iron gates, further to the N. Now represented by the pedestrian entrance to the courtyard from Deansway.
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Cartographic materials: ?. 1651 Map of Worcester 'as it stood fortified...'.. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Ronchetti, B. 1991. The Old Palace. Worcester Cathedral: report of the first annual symposium on the precinct. Barker, P, and Guy, C, Worcester Cathedral, Worces. 9. |
| <3> | Article in serial: Beardsmore, C. 1980. Documentary evidence for the history of Worcester city defences. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc. 3rd ser, 7. 60. |
| <4> | Cartographic materials: Doharty, J. 1741. A plan of the City of Worcester. |
Related records
| WCM96016 | Part of: Bishop’s Palace enclosure (Monument) |
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