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The Old Palace
Hob Uid: 35553
Location : Devon Mid Devon Crediton
Grid Ref : SS8371000300
Summary : 18th century building incorporating medieval work
More information : (SS 83710030) The Palace on site of (NAT) Bishop's Palace (NR). (1) "The bishop of Exeter hath a minor place or palace by the churche-yarde, and to this manor place there longith a parke" (SS 80 SW 20). (2) William Camden's Britannia mss. of 1586-1607 said that Crediton was then noted for the palace of the Bishop of Exeter, but Gibson in his edition of 1695 adds that there were then no traces of the bishops having been there except for the field called My Lord's Meadow. He also says that the manor had been granted to the Killegrews (3) which Polwhele shows was done in 1595 (4). (3-4) The Old Palace, an 18th century house built round and in front of Medieval stone walls, is sometimes considered part of the Bishop's Palace, but the walls are more likely to be the remains of the Collegiate buildings (SS 80 SW 9). (5) The so-called 'Old Palace' incorporates Medieval walls. Its front is pleasant early 18th century red-brick with a trellis porch. (6)

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Source details : OS 1:10 000 1973
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Source details : Leland's Itinerary 1535-43 1 1964 239 (L T Smith)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : William Camden's Britannia 1 1806 35 (R Gough)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : History of Devon 1797 88 (R Polwhele)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Crediton UD 1972 4
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Source Number : 6
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Bishops Palace, College Of Secular Priests
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C18
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1700
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SS 80 SW 5
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Relationship type : General association

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The Old Palace