Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel is a Grade I listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. A {} Palace. 17 related planning applications.
Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-steeple-plover
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Palace
- Period
- {}
- Address
- Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel, Bishopthorpe Road, YO23 2QE
- OS grid reference
- SE 597 478
- Coordinates
- 53.92314, -1.09212
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishopthorpe Palace is an Archbishop's Palace located in Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire. It was originally built in the 13th century for Archbishop Walter de Grey and has undergone various alterations and additions in the 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Notably, it was remodeled between 1766 and 1769 by Thomas Atkinson in a Gothick style. The building is constructed from magnesian limestone and pinkish red and brown brick. It has an L-shaped plan. For a detailed architectural history, refer to Eric A Gee's work, "Bishopthorpe Palace. An Architectural History," published in 1983.
Local climate
Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 17 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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