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Bishop's Court, Devon

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Bishop's Court is a large English country house of some 21,000 square feet in Sowton, Devon, near Exeter, and a former palace of the bishops of Exeter. Built in the thirteenth century and listed Grade I, it served as an episcopal palace from the thirteenth century to the sixteenth century. 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 Type
Country House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Sowton, United Kingdom 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
Connections

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House, 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.

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Bishop's Court, Devon (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Bishop's Court, Devon (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Bishop's Court, Devon (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop's_Court,_Devon, lead definition
    Bishop's Court is a large 21,000 sq ft (2,000 m2) English country house and former Bishop's palace in Sowton, Devon, near Exeter.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Bishop's Court is a large English country house of some 21,000 square feet in Sowton, Devon, near Exeter, and a former palace of the bishops of Exeter. Built in the thirteenth century and listed Grade I, it served as an episcopal palace from the thirteenth century to the sixteenth century.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (country house)
    building_type = Country house, Bishop's palace
  • In Style: Gothic Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
    The building is described by Pevsner as 'intensely Gothic' in style and is largely built of Heavitree stone.
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2. Bishop's Court, Devon (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387449): Sowton, United Kingdom
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387449): Sowton, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q17525806, property P131/P17 (location): Sowton, United Kingdom
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Wikidata: Bishop's Court, Devon
Wikidata Q17525806, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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