Bishop Lloyd's House

Bishop Lloyd's House (or Bishop Lloyd's Palace) is at 41 Watergate Street, and 51/53 Watergate Row, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be "perhaps the best" house in Chester.

Prior to his arrival in Chester as Bishop Lloyd in 1605, George Lloyd was "Bishop of Sodor and Mann", hence the Manx symbol on the front of that building. The Stanley's (of Stanley Palace) were also associated with the Isle of Man and the title of the "Lord of Mann" was the subject succession dispute between the daughters of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and Ferdinando Stanley's brother, William Stanley in 1594-1607. Whether there is any link between the placement of the arms of Man on the facade of the building and the Bishops time in Man during the dispute is unknown.

George Lloyd was born 1561, educated at the King's School, Chester, and at Jesus College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge around 1586. He was rector of Heswall from 1597. He became Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1600, and Bishop of Chester in 1605. In Chester, he reversed the anti-Puritan and anti recusant policy of his predecessor Richard Vaughan.

Sources and Links

 * Bishop Lloyd's House at English Heritage;