Walls Surrounding Enclosures To North East South West Of Lyddington Bedehouse

The walls surrounding the enclosures to the northeast and southwest of Lyddington Bedehouse date from the 15th to the 18th century and are constructed of coursed ironstone rubble, standing approximately 1 to 2 metres high. The section along Church Lane features large semi-dressed blocks with pitched rubble coping. At the southwest corner of the Bedehouse, there are two pointed beeboles and a blocked archway on the southwest face. The wall between the two enclosures includes a doorway with a chamfered four-centred arch, while the northern wall has a small blocked rectangular window with splayed reveals. Part of the wall to the northeast of the entrance is made of dressed stone with pitched coping. The northern walls may contain fragments from the structure of a former bishop's palace. The southern enclosure likely served as the garden of the palace, with the southern wall providing access to the Watch Tower. This site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is under the guardianship of English Heritage.