ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH PAPER 2002

MONIMAIL TOWER, FIFE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH PAPER 2002 Introduction This PAPER presents the best understanding that the author has made of the surviving physical and documentary evidence relating to the architecture of the former bishops palace at Monimail, as has become apparent during ten years of works for Monimail Tower Preservation Trust. The Establishment of the Episcopal Residence Monimail parish was held directly by the bishops of St. Andrews from its earliest reference in 1207 (CPL, i, 30) and an Episcopal residence was probably established at Monimail by the late 13th C. as one of a family of Episcopal residences conveniently located around the See for purposes of administration and travel accommodation. It is in this context that William Lamberton (bishop of St. Andrews 1298-1328) constructed a manor house of some quality, around 1319, in the period of stability that followed Bannockburn. While extremely concerned with the good repair of the monastery buildings and making much available [for that], he {Lamberton} repaired little on his own estates.

The Renaissance Palace By the early 16th c. a collection of buildings and enclosures would have comprised the Episcopal palace. Located where the main road from St. Andrews to Perth joined

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