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© Mr John Barker
IoE Number:
483444
Location:
THE BISHOP'S EYE, MARKET PLACE (east side)
WELLS, MENDIP, SOMERSET
Photographer:
Mr John Barker
Date Photographed:
28 April 2006
Date listed:
12 November 1953
Date of last amendment:
12 November 1953
Grade
I
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WELLS
ST5445 MARKET PLACE
662-1/7/163 (East side)
12/11/53 The Bishop's Eye
GV I
Gatehouse tower. c1451, built by Bishop Bekynton at a cost of
»133.6.8. Doulting stone ashlar, copper flat roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, single bay. West elevation to market
place flanked by two turrets, rectangular with corners
chamfered plinth, moulded string over doorway and below
parapet. 4-centred gateway arches, with pair timber gates on
west side possibly C18, the entrance grooved and vaulted,
above the elevation panelled into 5 bays, with statue niches
flanking 2-light flat headed traceried windows, between which
is a larger canopied statue niche at first-floor level, band
of armorial shields below first-floor windows, rear elevation
similar, featuring a carved episcopal rebus.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
This gateway noticeably grander than that to the Cathedral
Green. External stonework cleaned 1992/3.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol:
London: 1958-: 312; Colchester LS: Wells Cathedral: A History:
Shepton Mallet: 1982-: 237, 239).