When was fulham palace built

Bishop Terrick remodelled the house in the Gothic Revival style, adding crenellation along the top of the building. He also relandscaped the garden and created the walled garden. The clock was added to bell tower in the Tudor courtyard. Bishop Howley, not a fan of Gothic Revival, remodelled the house in the Georgian style.

He also built the first pinery vinery in the walled garden. The chapel was designed by William Butterfield for Bishop Tait. The Salviati mosaic reredos depicting the Nativity was moved to the west wall after the chapel was remodelled due to bomb damage in World War II.

Bishop's Park opened to the public. The park was created using land donated by the Bishop of London under the condition that it is used and maintained for public recreation.

Fulham Palace was used as an auxiliary military hospital for wounded soldiers during World War I. Freemasons War Hospital No. Bishop Winninton-Ingram decided to drain and fill in the moat.

The decision led to such a public outcry that the issue was raised in the Houses of Parliament. He went ahead with it anyway. During World War II, a barrage balloon was flown above the site to deter enemy planes flying too low. Bishop Stopford was the last Bishop to live at Fulham Palace. The garden was open to the public, and the house used for office space and events. The council undertook two phases of restoration, completed in and This marvellous map not dated from the official website gives the layout of the Palace very clearly, and the map of just ten years after Mr Bradshaw amazingly shows the Palace still in the countryside.

The oldest part of the Palace is the quadrangle built by Bishop Fitzjames , with marvellous diamond-patterning in the brickwork. The Chapel was added by Bishop Tait in , and next to the Chapel is one of the unusual trees in the garden, a cork oak. Several of the Bishops were keen gardeners, introducing trees and plants to England for the first time. The site of the Palace has been inhabited for a very long time. The Palace was originally surrounded by a moat now looking more like a ditch , and this has been suggested as a Danish, or even Roman defence.

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