Weston-Sub-Edge manor of the bishop of Worcester (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Latimer's

In the civil parish of Weston Subedge.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire.
Modern Authority of Gloucestershire.
1974 county of Gloucestershire.
Medieval County of Gloucestershire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SP125412
Latitude 52.06991° Longitude -1.81831°

Weston-Sub-Edge manor of the bishop of Worcester has been described as a Palace but is rejected as such.

There are no visible remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Residential manor of the bishop of Worcester listed by Thompson. Payne writes 'According to the Listing, Latimer's, a house in the village is said to have once been the home of Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester 1535-9, but there does not appear to have been a diocesan residence there.'

Large house, once formerly a coaching inn. C16; enlarged early C17. Limestone ashlar with stone slate roof. C17 wing added across end of C16 house to form T-plan; second C17 wing beyond; all two-storey with attic. Earlier house: parapet with 2 blocked ovolo moulded 3-light parapet windows and dormer windows behind; 4- centred arched doorway; alterations at north end; doorway with moulded flat stone hood on stone brackets on west side. Cross wing has gable chimney at east end with paired diagonal shafts; 2 small round-headed windows to left; at west gable end 2 12-light mullioned and transomed windows with cavetto moulding and hood. End wing has 2 and 3-light ovolo moulded mullioned windows and laternal chimney, again with paired diagonal shafts; finely carved coronet finials topped by fleur-de-lys decoration. Service wing to west has timber casement windows on north side; cross-roll saddles to gables. Chimneys have moulded caps. Attached screen wall with round arched opening incorporating imposts and keystone with date shield above: 1617 EB. C19 coach house beyond. Interior: much altered in C16 wing, but some timber framing visible; small raised upper floor stone fireplace survives. Late Jacobean stone fireplace and door screen in C17 wing; another carved stone fireplace with foliage decoration in adjacent room. Said once to have been the home of Bishop Latimer of Worcester. (Listed Building Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1171390
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 545977.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 43227.

Books
- Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 187
  Rudder, S., 1779, A new history of Gloucestershire p. 811 online copy (large file)
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- 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)

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