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St Davids Bishop's Palace is a medieval episcopal residence situated adjacent to St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The palace was constructed primarily during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, representing one of the finest examples of late medieval domestic architecture in Wales. The remains comprise substantial stone structures including a residential range with decorated windows and doorways, a kitchen block, and ancillary buildings, all formerly arranged around a courtyard. The palace served as the administrative and residential seat of the Bishop of St Davids until its decline following the Reformation, and the surviving ruins demonstrate the considerable wealth and status of the medieval Welsh Church through their architectural quality and scale.
St Davids Bishop’s Palace is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE006. View the official record →
St Davids Bishop's Palace is a medieval episcopal residence situated adjacent to St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE006.
St Davids Bishop’s Palace dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a palace. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St Davids Bishop’s Palace is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is PE006.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitewell (0.4 km), St Non's Chapel (1.1 km), Clegyr-Boia Camp (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of St Davids Bishop’s 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.
St Davids Bishop’s Palace stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic-rock.