Editing Bishopthorpe Palace (section)

==Background==
[[File:Bishopthorpe Palace - entrance front.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance front of the palace]]
In 1226, Archbishop [[Walter de Gray]] bought the manor house at what was then St. Andrewthorpe and gave it to the Dean and Chapter of [[York Minster]]. Since then, the village became known as Bishopthorpe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archbishopofyork.org/pages/about-bishopthorpe-palace-.html|title=About Bishopthorpe Palace|website=archbishopofyork.org|access-date=20 June 2017|archive-date=23 April 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423133721/http://www.archbishopofyork.org/pages/about-bishopthorpe-palace-.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 1241 he built a Manor House and Chapel on the site. A red brick north wing was built in the fifteenth century and the Gatehouse was built in 1765. In 1863, a water tower was built to extract  water from  a well, rather than using river water for drinking.  The tower was demolished in 1946 but some foundations are still visible in garden of Iona Lodge.<ref name="1241 Manor House built and palace developments">{{Cite book | last =Anon | title =BISHOPTHORPE Remembered | year =1988 | publisher =Archbishop of York’s C.E. Junior School | isbn = 0951420003 | pages =26–8}}</ref>

[[File:Bishopthorpe Palace Chapel - full length.jpg|thumb|right|The chapel]]
The palace is a Grade I [[listed building]] in a wooded, rural setting and includes a gatehouse, stables, a brewhouse and brewster's cottage. It was remodelled by [[Thomas Atkinson (architect)|Thomas Atkinson]] between 1763 and 1769.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1132487|desc=Bishopthorpe Palace and Chapel|grade=I|accessdate=20 June 2017}}</ref>

[[John Sentamu]], who was Archbishop from 2005 to 2020, did not initially move into the palace, as it was just beginning a major renovation and restoration at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dooks|first=Brian|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/new-look-for-historic-palace-1-2383493|title=New look for historic palace|date=17 August 2006|work=The Yorkshire Post|access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>