Wayneflete Tower, Esher

Evaluation by Time Team involving excavation and geophysical survey in the grounds of Wayneflete Tower and neighbouring properties. Wayneflete Tower, built by Bishop William of Wayneflete as a gatehouse, is the last remaining standing structure associated with the palace of the Bishops of Winchester that once existed here. Evidence of the keep, a covered walkway and domestic buildings relating to the period of Bishop Wayneflete’s episcopate during the second half of the 15th century were revealed, as well as evidence of a potentially 14th century hall which had been incorporated into Wayneflete’s works at the palace complex. Dendrochronological work on samples taken from the tower revealed that timber felled between 1462 and 1472 was used in its construction. (see report in SyAC 95, 259-270)
Year: 
2005-6
ID: 
306
NGR: 
TQ130651
Report location: 
SyAS
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