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Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church

Scheduled monument
Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church
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Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church, stands in West Oxfordshire as a scheduled monument, though no public path is certain. The bishop may have dined there, walked past St Mary's, or simply owned the land while others lived beside it. A palace for a bishop is not a fantasy; it is a reminder that power once wore cloths and moved through ordinary streets.
The National Heritage List for England records Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church was built by the Bishop of Winchester in the 13th century as a residence and administrative center. It is important as a rare surviving example of medieval episcopal architecture and as evidence of the bishop's significant secular and religious authority in the region.

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Photo: Roger Templeman · CC BY-SA 2.0