IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Bishops Palace, WELLS, BA5 2PB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Bishops Palace, BA5 2PB by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (1518 Images Found)
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Gatehouse to Bishop's Palace, Wells
The C14 gatehouse (a closer look is at Image) guards a bridge across the moat giving access to the palace. The left hand on the two polygonal towers has a C16 oriel window http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=16522 . See also Image
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 8 Mar 2010
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Gatehouse to Bishop's Palace, Wells
A nearer view of Image The licence to crenellate was granted in 1341, so doubtless the building, and the walls on either side, date from soon after http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=16522 .
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 8 Mar 2010
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A mark over the moat
A benchmark, as listed in the Benchmark Database: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm50735 , on one of the turrets of the Bishop's Palace. See Image] for a wider view.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 4 Jul 2013
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Palatial entrance
The Bishop's Palace, welcoming visitors. See Image] for a benchmark on the left of the towers seen here.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 4 Jul 2013
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The Gatehouse of The Bishop's Palace
Viewed from the inner courtyard green with the towers of the cathedral just peeping above.
Image: © Derek Voller
Taken: 14 Sep 2013
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The Gatehouse of The Bishop's Palace, Wells
Image: © Derek Voller
Taken: 14 Sep 2013
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Gatehouse, The Bishop's Palace, Wells
The three-storey gatehouse has a bridge over the moat and dates from 1341. The entrance was protected by a heavy gate, portcullis and drawbridge, operated by machinery above the entrance, and spouts through which defenders could pour scalding liquids onto any attacker. The drawbridge was still operational in 1831 when it was closed after word was received that the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol was subject to an arson attack during the Bristol riots (although the riots did not reach Wells); that was the last time the drawbridge was raised.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 10 Dec 2013
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Bishop's Palace gatehouse, Wells
The bridge crosses the moat giving access to the palace inside its walled enclosure.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Apr 2014
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Wells Cathedral: The gatehouse to the Bishop's Palace
The ramparts were built and the moat excavated in the 1340s.
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 16 Apr 2015
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Gatehouse to Bishop's Palace, Wells
The fourteenth-century gatehouse, boundary wall and bridge are Grade I listed, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1382876
Image: © Jonathan Hutchins
Taken: 16 Nov 2018
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