Wells St Andrew
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Wells St Andrew, or St Andrew Liberty, or derivations thereof, was a liberty, ecclesiastical parish, and later a civil parish, containing Wells Cathedral and surrounding land, now in the civil parish
The Bishop's Eye: the most prominent extant gateway, leading from the Market Place into the walled precinct of the Liberty and the Bishop's Palace; the walls and gates belonged to the Liberty.
The Cathedral Green: the Swan Hotel is outside the Liberty but can be seen through a gap made in the perimeter otherwise formed by the buildings surrounding the Green.
One of the wells, dedicated to St Andrew, which give the city its name, located in the gardens of the Bishop's Palace in the centre of the Liberty.
Penniless Porch, Wells
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The Penniless Porch in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Clo
Wells St Andrew
…controlled by a number of gatehouses and other gateways; many of these buildings still exist: the Bishop's Eye, Brown's Gatehouse, the Chain Gate, the Penniless Porch (all four constructed under Bishop Beckington, c. 1450-60) and the gateways at both ends of Vicars' Close. Much of the walls remain extant too, though…
Penniless Porch