Winchester Palace
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.507, -0.091
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Grade II listed remains of the demolished palace survive on the site today, designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument, under the care of English Heritage.
History
Winchester Palace was a 12th-century bishop's palace that served as the London townhouse of the Bishops of Winchester. It was located in the parish of Southwark in Surrey, on the south bank of the River Thames on what is now Clink Street in the London Borough of Southwark, near Southwark Priory. Grade II listed remains of the demolished palace survive on the site today, designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument, under the care of English Heritage.