Chichester Bishops Palace

Has been described as a Certain Palace (Bishop)

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameChichester Bishops Palace
Alternative NamesCisseceastre; Ciceastre; Cheechester; Priory Park
Historic CountrySussex
Modern AuthorityWest Sussex
1974 AuthorityWest Sussex
Civil ParishChichester

The chapel and the walls of the "Great Kitchen" date from the C13. The rest of the building contains work of almost all periods front the C14 to the C18 but was largely rebuilt in 1724-1731. It is described in detail in the VCH Volume 3 of Sussex. The south front is of stone rubble patched with red brick and has C18 sash windows. On the ground floor there is a projection with arcading containing a corridor. Gatehouse 1327. (Listed Building Report)

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law

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OS Map Grid ReferenceSU868047
Latitude50.8357810974121
Longitude-0.782029986381531
Eastings486880
Northings104780
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 327-8
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 172
  • Tatton-Brown, T., 1994, 'The buildings of the bishop's palace and the close' in Hobbs. M. (ed), Chichester Cathedral : an historical survey (Chichester: Phillimore) p. 225-46
  • < >Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1935, VCH Sussex Vol. 3 p. 105, 147-53 online transcription < >
  • Morewood, Caroline C., 1910, 'Introductory Chapter' in Rait, R.S. (ed), English Episcopal Palaces (Province of Canterbury) (London; Constable & Co) p. 16-17 online copy
  • Elwes, Dudley George Cary, 1876, A history of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex (London: Longmans) p. 60-1 online copy
  • Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 315-6 online copy

Journals

  • Tatton-Brown, Tim, 1995, 'The Bishop's Palace Chichester' The Archaeology of Chichester and District 1995 p. 20-2 Download copy
  • Haslam, R., 1985 Aug, Country Life
  • Munby, J., 1985, 'Proceedings of the Summer Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Chichester in 1985' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 142 p. 15-16, 32
  • Hannah, I.C., 1909, 'The bishop's palace, Chichester' Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol. 52 p. 1-23

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)