Bishop Lloyd's House

Bishop Lloyd's House
A black-and-white building with two gables and three stories; a shop and a stairway on the ground floor, wooden railings at the edge of the Row, large windows and panels in the storeys above
Bishop Lloyd's House in 2009
Location41 Watergate Street,
and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England
Coordinates53°11′24″N 2°53′36″W / 53.1899°N 2.8934°W / 53.1899; -2.8934
OS grid referenceSJ 404 662
Built13th–14th century
Rebuilt17th century
Restored1890s, 1973–77
Restored byThomas Lockwood (1890s)
Governing bodyChester Civic Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameNo.41 Street and Nos.51 & 53 Row (Bishop Lloyd's House)
Designated28 August 1955
Bishop Lloyd's House is located in Cheshire
Bishop Lloyd's House
Location within Cheshire

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.

  1. ^ Historic England, "Number 41 street numbers 51 and 53 Row Bishop Lloyds House, Chester (1376439)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 April 2012
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (2003) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 169, ISBN 0-300-09588-0