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Buckden Palace is a medieval and Tudor episcopal residence located in Huntingdonshire, serving as one of the principal seats of the Bishops of Lincoln from the fourteenth century onwards. The palace comprises a substantial range of buildings centred around a distinctive tower block constructed in the fifteenth century, which remains a prominent architectural feature of the site. The complex reflects the wealth and status of the medieval church, with later sixteenth-century additions demonstrating continued investment during the Tudor period. Following the Reformation, the property passed to secular ownership and subsequently underwent various conversions, though significant medieval and early modern fabric survives to the present day.
Buckden Palace is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006855. View the official record →
Buckden Palace is a medieval and Tudor episcopal residence located in Huntingdonshire, serving as one of the principal seats of the Bishops of Lincoln from the fourteenth century onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006855.
Buckden Palace is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006855.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm (2.9 km), Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm (3 km), Moated site in Toseland Wood (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckden Palace's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Buckden Palace stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.