Vicars’ Close, Wells

E505316

historic site medieval residential street planned street

Vicars’ Close in Wells is a remarkably well-preserved medieval residential street, often cited as one of the oldest continuously inhabited planned streets in Europe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Vicars’ Close, Wells canonical	2
The Vicars’ Close, Lichfield	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ medieval residential street ⓘ planned street ⓘ
access	pedestrian street ⓘ
adjacentTo	Wells Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	medieval English domestic architecture ⓘ
builtFor	vicars choral of Wells Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedBy	Chain Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationPriority	high ⓘ
constructionStart	14th century ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
county	Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	heritage tourism ⓘ residential housing ⓘ
describedAs	one of the oldest continuously inhabited planned streets in Europe ⓘ
designedAs	self-contained community for clergy ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
governedBy	Wells City Council (local planning authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial	local stone ⓘ timber (roof structures) ⓘ
hasFeature	central pathway with houses on both sides ⓘ cobbled street ⓘ gateway at the northern end ⓘ hall and chapel at the northern end ⓘ medieval stone houses ⓘ medieval street lighting standards (later additions in historic style) ⓘ original medieval layout largely intact ⓘ stone boundary walls ⓘ tall chimney stacks ⓘ uniform gabled roofs ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses	27 ⓘ
hasViewOf	Wells Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade I listed buildings ⓘ conservation area (part of Wells Cathedral precinct) ⓘ
includedIn	historic core of Wells ⓘ
locatedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ Wells, Somerset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Dean and Chapter of Wells Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	coherent medieval town planning ⓘ continuous residential use since the Middle Ages ⓘ exceptional state of preservation ⓘ
purpose	housing for the vicars choral of Wells Cathedral ⓘ
region	southwest England ⓘ surface form: South West England
roofMaterial	stone tiles and later slate repairs ⓘ
streetSurface	stone setts / cobbles ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wells, Somerset → hasFeature → Vicars’ Close, Wells ⓘ

Wells, Somerset → tourismAttraction → Vicars’ Close, Wells ⓘ

Lichfield Cathedral Close → hasBuilding → Vicars’ Close, Wells ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Vicars’ Close, Lichfield