NOTES: In 1348, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury established the vicars of Wells, subordinate members of the cathedral in orders, giving them a college and their own quarters, the Vicars' Close.
NOTES: In 1348, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury established the vicars of Wells, subordinate members of the cathedral in orders, giving them a college and their own quarters, the Vicars' Close.
NOTES: This is a rare survival of an entirely timber-framed ecclesiastical building, comprising a medieval chapel with attached priest's house. The earliest part of the structure is the 14th century tie-beam in the chancel.