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 David's Cathedral precincts. The surviving buildings date chiefly from the 13th and 14th 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 were there in the later 13th and 14th centuries, before the Reformation ushered in an era of decay and destruction in the 16th and 17th centuries.