Lyddington Bede House
Has been described as a Certain Palace (Bishop), and also as a Certain Fortified Manor House
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
Name | Lyddington Bede House |
Alternative Names | Liddington; Lydyngton; Luddington |
Historic Country | Rutland |
Modern Authority | Rutland |
1974 Authority | Leicestershire |
Civil Parish | Lyddington |
The monument includes the stone walls which surround the grounds of the Bedehouse. The walls on the north western and north eastern sides, and on the south eastern side bounding the churchyard, are principally of post-medieval date. Running south from the Bedehouse, between the Bedehouse garden and the churchyard, it overlies the remains of a medieval building which lay within the palace precinct. In the southern part of the Bedehouse garden, the present wall represents a rebuilding of part of the palace's precinct wall. Part excavation in this area has demonstrated that the first precint wall was constructed in the 14th century, rebuilt on a slightly different alignment in the 15th century and finally replaced by the present wall in the 18th century. At the southern corner of the precinct is a projecting stone tower of octagonal plan which dates largely from the late 15th century. (PastScape)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law
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OS Map Grid Reference | SP875969 |
Latitude | 52.5638008117676 |
Longitude | -0.709379971027374 |
Eastings | 487540 |
Northings | 296950 |