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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/The_Bishop%27s_Palace_viewed_from_the_gateway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1053266.jpg/330px-The_Bishop%27s_Palace_viewed_from_the_gateway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1053266.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/The_Bishop%27s_Palace_viewed_from_the_gateway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1053266.jpg/440px-The_Bishop%27s_Palace_viewed_from_the_gateway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1053266.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Bishops Palace and <a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St David's Cathedral">St Davids Cathedral</a> viewed from the gateway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishop%27s_Palace,_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg/220px-Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg/330px-Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg/440px-Bishop%27s_Palace%2C_courtyard_and_East_Range_-_geograph.org.uk_-_848910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Courtyard and East Range, also showing view to Cathedral behind</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StDavids_Palace1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/StDavids_Palace1.JPG/220px-StDavids_Palace1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/StDavids_Palace1.JPG/330px-StDavids_Palace1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/StDavids_Palace1.JPG/440px-StDavids_Palace1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3788" data-file-height="2841" /></a><figcaption>Detail showing wheel window in the east gable of the ruined Great Hall</figcaption></figure> <p><b>St Davids Bishops Palace</b> (also sometimes denoted as Bishop's Palace or Bishops' Palace) (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Llys yr Esgob Tyddewi</i>) is a ruined <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> palace located adjacent to <a href="/wiki/St_David%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St David's Cathedral">St Davids Cathedral</a> in the city of <a href="/wiki/St_Davids" title="St Davids">St Davids</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Tyddewi</i>), <a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a>, one of the most important <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical" title="Ecclesiastical">ecclesiastical</a> sites in Wales. The site dates back to the 6th century, although the building that stands today dates largely from the late 13th and 14th centuries. </p><p>The palace is under the management of <a href="/wiki/Cadw" title="Cadw">Cadw</a>, the historic environment service of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>. It is open as a visitor attraction and an open-air theatre, and being part of the city's cathedral precinct, there are more than 300,000 visitors a year.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed</a> site.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>St Davids became home of the <a href="/wiki/Marcher_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcher Lord">Marcher Lords</a>, responsible for guarding the border between England and Wales, so would have been a site of great strategic importance. It was also considered a hugely important religious site, housing relics of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_David" title="Saint David">St David</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of Wales. <a href="/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a> is said to have visited as a <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim">pilgrim</a> in 1081.:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> that stood on the site was established in the 6th century and, over the succeeding four centuries, was ransacked at least 10 times by <a href="/wiki/Viking_expansion" title="Viking expansion">Norse raiders</a>. The arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Normans" title="Normans">Normans</a> in the 11th century brought some stability. They appointed a Norman <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> and attempted to protect the site by building a <a href="/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_castle" title="Motte-and-bailey castle">motte and bailey fort</a> and, later, a stone defensive wall.<sup id="cite_ref-visitpembrokeshire_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visitpembrokeshire-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Establishment_of_the_palace">Establishment of the palace</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishment of the palace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bishops Palace has been described as the work of a series of 'builder bishops', with work carried out in the late 13th and 14th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-castlewales_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-castlewales-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1284, King <a href="/wiki/Edward_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward I">Edward I</a> visited St Davids on a pilgrimage and this visit may have inspired some earlier work because <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bek_(bishop_of_St_David%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Bek (bishop of St David's)">Bishop Thomas Bek</a>, who served from 1280 to 1293, was among his former statesmen. Bishop Bek was responsible for construction of the chapel in the south-west corner, the hall, the private apartments and the gate.<sup id="cite_ref-visitpembrokeshire_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visitpembrokeshire-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The man responsible for much of the site that can be seen today was <a href="/wiki/Henry_Gower" title="Henry Gower">Bishop Henry de Gower</a> (1328–47). He carried out major works in the cathedral itself, built the Great Hall with <a href="/wiki/Catherine_wheel_(window)" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine wheel (window)">wheel window</a> in the east gable, the distinctive arcaded parapet and the porch. Gower's main legacy is the two great ranges. The east range – the simpler of the two – was the first to be built. The much grander south range was built for entertaining.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a> also heralded the decline of the Bishops Palace. In 1536 <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_David%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of St David's">Bishop</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Barlow_(bishop_of_Chichester)" title="William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)">William Barlow</a> stripped the lead from the roof. Legend has it that he used the money to pay for the dowries of his five daughters. However, as he had no daughters at that time, and the first marriage of a daughter did not occur until about 25 years later, the story was probably fabricated by his many enemies. He made so much money from this that a sixteenth-century account said that more than twelve years revenue of the bishopric would have been needed to cover the cost of replacing it, and the building fell into disrepair.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bishops stayed less at St Davids and, by the middle of the 16th century, the chief <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">episcopal</a> residence had been relocated to <a href="/wiki/Abergwili" title="Abergwili">Abergwili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire" title="Carmarthenshire">Carmarthenshire</a>. In 1616, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Milbourne" title="Richard Milbourne">Bishop Richard Milbourne</a> applied for a licence to demolish some of the buildings. By 1678, when another licence for demolition was sought, the palace was considered beyond repair.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Site_significance">Site significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Site significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Professor Emeritus of history at <a href="/wiki/Swansea_University" title="Swansea University">Swansea University</a> Ralph A. Griffiths OBE has described St David's Cathedral and Bishops Palace as: "one of the most significant sites in the history of Christianity in the British Isles, and one of the earliest", and "where Welsh Christianity and nationalism are entwined".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much of the town wall remains, particularly on the south side. The main gate into the cathedral compound, <a href="/wiki/Porth-y-T%C5%B5r" title="Porth-y-Tŵr">Porth-y-Tŵr</a>, dates from about 1300 and remains intact. Inside the palace, most of the structure remains in spite of being open to the elements.<sup id="cite_ref-visitpembrokeshire_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visitpembrokeshire-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conservation_work">Conservation work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conservation work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The condition of Bishops Palace began causing serious concern from the 1990s. Construction materials had included a mixture of local stone and <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_rock" title="Volcanic rock">volcanic</a> rock. Exposure to the elements was affecting key features of the highly decorated stonework, windows and sculptures, causing erosion. In some places, walls were becoming so thin there was a danger of structural collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-news_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the guidance of CADW, a restoration programme began in 2003 and was completed in October 2009. The work involved the rebuilding of some walls and repair of damaged carvings. Conservation also provided an opportunity to improve accessibility, with floors replaced to make it possible to circuit the building's ground floor. The project was subsequently shortlisted for a Grand Prix <a href="/wiki/Europa_Nostra" title="Europa Nostra">Europa Nostra</a>, an award from the Pan-European Federation of Cultural Heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg/220px-Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg/330px-Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg/440px-Bishops_Palace_St_Davids_-_unsigned_watercolour_-_late_18th_C..jpg 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="621" /></a><figcaption>St Davids Bishops Palace. Unsigned watercolour, probably late 18th century.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bishops_Palace_in_art">Bishops Palace in art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bishops Palace in art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bishops Palace captured the imagination of the British painter <a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">J. M. W. Turner</a>, and features in his <i>South Wales Sketchbook</i> of 1795, now part of the <a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner#Legacy" title="J. M. W. Turner">Turner Bequest</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Tate" title="Tate">Tate</a>. There are two images, one of which was drawn inside the ruins.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second, in graphite and watercolour, shows the entrance to the Great Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lamphey_Bishop%27s_Palace" title="Lamphey Bishop's Palace">Lamphey Bishop's Palace</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Davids_Bishops_Palace&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stdavids-peninsula.co.uk/historic-sites/the-bishops-palace/">"The Bishops Palace at St David's"</a>. 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