St Davids Bishops Palace
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, SA62 6PE
0870 042 4593
Category: Place to Visit
Found within the surroundings of the cathedral, these are the impressive ruins of the Bishop's residence
This imposing palace lies within the defended perimeter of the St Davids Cathedral precincts. The surviving buildings date chiefly from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, particularly the work of Bishop Thomas Bek (1280-93) and Bishop Henry de Gower (1328-47).
It is de Gower's celebrated arcaded parapet which is one of the glories of the site. Even in ruin, the palace displays magnificent architectural splendour and is testimony to the efforts of a succession of 'builder-bishops' who held the see in the later 13th and 14th centuries, before the Reformation ushered in an era of decay and destruction in the 16th and 17th centuries.
1 April to 31 May 2006: 9.30am - 5.00pm daily
1 June to 30 September: 9.30am - 6.00pm daily
1 to 31 October: 9.30am - 5.00pm daily
1 November to 31 March 9.30am - 4.00pm Monday to Saturday
2007: 11.00am - 4.00pm Sunday
0870 042 4593
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