Bishop Lloyd's House | |
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Location | 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°11′24″N 2°53′36″W / 53.1899°N 2.8934°W |
OS grid reference | SJ 404 662 |
Built | 13th–14th century |
Rebuilt | 17th century |
Restored | 1890s, 1973–77 |
Restored by | Thomas Lockwood (1890s) |
Governing body | Chester Civic Trust |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | No.41 Street and Nos.51 & 53 Row (Bishop Lloyd's House) |
Designated | 28 August 1955 |
Bishop Lloyd's House (or Bishop Lloyd's Palace) is at 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be "perhaps the best" house in Chester.[2]
The house is built on two stone medieval undercrofts with timber framing above. Its first floor incorporates a section of the Chester Rows. The house is now used as shops and meeting rooms and it includes the headquarters of Chester Civic Trust.