Lyddington Bede House

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Lyddington Bishops Palace and later Lyddington Bedehouse
Medieval with later alterations
Governing bodyEnglish Heritage
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameThe Bede House
Designated10 November 1955
Reference no.1264528
Official nameLyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains
Designated11-Sep-1947[1]
Reference no.1013825
Lyddington Bede House is located in Rutland
Lyddington Bede House
Location in Rutland

Lyddington Bede House (or Lyddington Bedehouse) is a historic house in Rutland, England, owned and opened to the public by English Heritage. The existing

Bishops of Lincoln, later used as an almshouse. It is next to St Andrew's Church in the village of Lyddington. The watch tower or gazebo is separately listed as Grade I[3] and the boundary walls are Grade II.[4] The site is a scheduled monument.[1]

History

The "Bishop's Eye" watch tower on the corner of Main Street and Church Lane

The medieval

Humber Estuary
. Lyddington lay on a north–south road and the estate here was a convenient place for the bishop's entourage to stop when traversing the diocese.

After the

bedesmen and it continued in this use until 1930. A feature is the former bishop's Great Chamber with its beautifully carved ceiling cornice
.

The remains of the fishponds of the bishop's palace are nearby.

Nearby English Heritage attractions

See also: other palaces and residences of the Bishop of Lincoln

Bibliography

  • Country Life 24 July 1909, pp. 126–134.
  • Goodall J. (2017), "Preserved to Perfection: Lyddington Palace, Rutland". Country Life, 1 March, pp. 62–66.
  • Pevsner N & Williamson, (1984), The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland, Yale University Press pp 482–3
  • The Victoria History of the County of Rutland: Volume I, (1908), 118-119
  • The Victoria History of the County of Rutland: Volume II, (1935), 188-191
  • Woodfield, C and P, (1993) Lyddington Bede House
  • Woodfield, C and P, (1982) "The Palace of the Bishops of Lincoln at Lyddington", Transactions of the Leics Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 57, 1-16 [1]

Lyddington Bishop's Palace and Bedehouse gallery

  • A 1796 print of the north front
    A 1796 print of the north front
  • Attic roof structure
    Attic roof structure
  • The Bede House and St Andrew's Church from the orchard
    The Bede House and St Andrew's Church from the orchard
  • Early 16th-century cornice
    Early 16th-century cornice
  • Bede House, hall
    Bede House, hall
  • Decorated medieval fireplace
    Decorated medieval fireplace
  • North aspect
    North aspect
  • Bedesman's room
    Bedesman's room

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Lyddington Bedehouse: a medieval bishop's palace and post-medieval almshouse with moat, gardens, fishponds and cultivation remains (1013825)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ Historic England. "The Bedehouse (1264528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ Historic England. "The Watch Tower (1236617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Walls surrounding enclosures to north east south west of Lyddington Bedehouse (1236618)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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