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Bishop's Palace, Paignton

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The Bishop's Palace in Paignton, Devon, was the manorial centre and an occasional residence of the bishops of Exeter from the 11th century until the early 16th century. Its surviving medieval walls and fourteenth century corner tower, sometimes called Coverdale's Tower, stand beside the parish church of St John the Baptist and are protected as a scheduled monument and Grade II* listed structure, alongside the fragmentary remains of the palace chapel and a twentieth century Grade II listed vicarage within the walls. 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
Tower 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Torbay, United Kingdom 3
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Tower 2
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Tower, 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. Bishop's Palace, Paignton (Wikipedia)
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The Bishop's Palace in Paignton, Devon, was the manorial centre and an occasional residence of the bishops of Exeter from the 11th century until the early 16th century. Its surviving medieval walls and fourteenth century corner tower, sometimes called Coverdale's Tower, stand beside the parish church of St John the Baptist and are protected as a scheduled monument and Grade II* listed structure, alongside the fragmentary remains of the palace chapel and a twentieth century Grade II listed vicarage within the walls.
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2. Bishop's Palace, Paignton (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Tower)
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Wikidata item Q17549973, instance of (P31): tower
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3. Bishop's Palace, Paignton (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391810): Torbay, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391810): Torbay, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q17549973, property P131/P17 (location): Torbay, United Kingdom
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Wikidata: Bishop's Palace, Paignton
Wikidata Q17549973, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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