Winchester Palace Ruins
The remains you can see were part of the Great Hall which includes the striking rose window in the west gable.
Winchester Palace was a twelfth-century palace, London residence of the Bishops of Winchester. It is located south of the River Thames in Southwark, near the medieval priory which today has become Southwark Cathedral.
Southwark was the largest town in the old diocese of Winchester and the bishop was a major landowner in the area.
He was also a power in the land, and regularly needed to be in London on royal or administrative state business.
For that purpose, Henry of Blois built the palace as his comfortable and high-status London residence.
The palace remained in use until the 17th century, when it was divided into tenements and warehouses, but was mostly destroyed by fire in 1814.
Part of the great hall, and the west gable end with its rose window became more visible after a 19th-century fire and 20th-century redevelopment. It is believed that the great hall was built in cca. 1136.
The hall was enlarged and the rose window built in the 14th century, possibly when William of Wykeham was bishop.
The remains you can see were part of the Great Hall which includes the striking rose window in the west gable.
Winchester Palace was a twelfth-century palace, London residence of the Bishops of Winchester. It is located south of the River Thames in Southwark, near the medieval priory which today has become Southwark Cathedral.
Southwark was the largest town in the old diocese of Winchester and the bishop was a major landowner in the area.
He was also a power in the land, and regularly needed to be in London on royal or administrative state business.
For that purpose, Henry of Blois built the palace as his comfortable and high-status London residence.
The palace remained in use until the 17th century, when it was divided into tenements and warehouses, but was mostly destroyed by fire in 1814.
Part of the great hall, and the west gable end with its rose window became more visible after a 19th-century fire and 20th-century redevelopment. It is believed that the great hall was built in cca. 1136.
The hall was enlarged and the rose window built in the 14th century, possibly when William of Wykeham was bishop.
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