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Mathern Palace

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Mathern Palace is a Grade I listed building in the village of Mathern in Monmouthshire, Wales, about three miles southwest of Chepstow near the Severn Estuary. From roughly 1408 to 1705 it served as the principal residence of the Bishops of Llandaff. After a period of ruin, the palace was restored between 1894 and 1899 by the architectural writer Henry Avray Tipping, who also laid out its gardens, which are themselves listed on the Cadw and ICOMOS register of historic parks and gardens in Wales. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Episcopal palace 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Mathern, United Kingdom 2
Completed Year
1894 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Palace 2
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Palace, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Mathern Palace (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathern_Palace, lead definition
    Mathern Palace is a Grade I listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, located some 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Chepstow close to the Severn Estuary.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Mathern Palace is a Grade I listed building in the village of Mathern in Monmouthshire, Wales, about three miles southwest of Chepstow near the Severn Estuary. From roughly 1408 to 1705 it served as the principal residence of the Bishops of Llandaff. After a period of ruin, the palace was restored between 1894 and 1899 by the architectural writer Henry Avray Tipping, who also laid out its gardens, which are themselves listed on the Cadw and ICOMOS register of historic parks and gardens in Wales.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1894)
    completion_date/completed = 14th, 17th centuries; Restored 1894-99
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2. Mathern Palace (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Episcopal palace)
    Wikidata item Q15251247, instance of (P31): episcopal palace
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Mathern, United Kingdom
    Wikidata item Q15251247, property P131/P17 (location): Mathern, United Kingdom
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