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The Bishop's Palace
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Grade I listed building · Historic England

The Bishop's Palace

Listed Grade I since 196462 years · Grade I is the top 2.5% of England’s listed buildings
PPublicCACity Centre conservation area1964Listed
DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗
About

About The Bishop's Palace

The Bishop's Palace is one of 22 Grade I listed buildings in Exeter and about 9,341 in England. It was listed on 15 January 1964. It stands in the City Centre conservation area, designated in 1968. Within 400 metres are 13 more Grade I buildings and 170 other listed buildings.

HERead the official list entryHistoric England’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry 1222943↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings in England. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes

Exeter · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1The Bishop's PalaceStart here
  2. 2The Law LibraryGrade I · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Iron FootbridgeGrade II* · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Royal Devon and Exeter HospitalGrade II* · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Presentation of St Mary Convent SchoolGrade I · 0.1 mi on
Farther afield
Wynard's HospitalGrade II*0.2miSt Pancras ChurchGrade II*0.2miChichester PlaceGrade II*0.2miCivic Hall Higher MarketGrade II*0.2miSt Mary Arches ChurchGrade I0.2mi2-6, Barnfield CrescentGrade II*0.2mi
Around it

43 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

ICathedral Church of St Peter54 mIIPalace Wall Fronting Palace Gate60 mII*15 and 15A, Cathedral Close65 mIIWall of the Chantry70 mIIWall of No 1572 mII*Church House79 mIGatehouse to Bishop's Palace82 mI10, Cathedral Close85 mIIEntrance Gate to Southernhay85 mII12 and 13, Cathedral Close87 mII*The Cloisters90 mII*The Cloisters90 mII11, Cathedral Close91 mI8,9 and 9A, Cathedral Close96 mII*Notaries' House96 mIIWall of No 1497 mIIRoad Surface Leading from Southernhay to Martin's Lane100 mIThe Law Library103 m
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II2, Deanery Place104 mII1, Deanery Place104 mIIWall of Deanery105 mII*Devon and Exeter Institution107 mII5-9, Palace Gate108 mII16, Palace Gate114 mII10A, Southernhay West116 mII*Iron Footbridge117 mII*6, Cathedral Close119 mII14, Palace Gate122 mIIStatue of Richard Hooker122 mII*1-10 Southernhay West123 mII3, Palace Gate128 mI5, Cathedral Close128 mIIBaptist Church129 mIIRoman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart130 mII*The Deanery132 mII14, Cathedral Close132 mIPresentation of St Mary Convent School133 mII*4, Cathedral Close135 mII25, South Street139 mII*3, Cathedral Close139 mII*2, Cathedral Close143 mIISouth Garden Wall of the Presentation of Mary Convent School146 mIMol's Coffee House148 m
More like it

Grade I public buildings near Exeter

Within 25 miles, with a photo.

AlmshousesMoretonhampstead · 11 mi away
Tiverton CastleTiverton · 13 mi away
Holcombe CourtHolcombe Rogus · 18 mi away
Totnes GuildhallTotnes · 21 mi away
Totnes MuseumTotnes · 21 mi away
Totnes CastleTotnes · 21 mi away
Guild HallSouth Molton · 24 mi away
The Law LibraryExeter · 0 mi away

Questions about The Bishop's Palace

Is The Bishop's Palace listed?

Yes. The Bishop's Palace is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England (list entry 1222943), first listed on 15 January 1964.

Can you visit The Bishop's Palace?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is The Bishop's Palace in a conservation area?

Yes, the City Centre conservation area, designated in 1968.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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