Somersham Park Farmhouse (Palace and Deer park)

History of Somersham Palace

Listed Building

Late C18 or early C19 farmhouse with double pile plan. Two-storeys, semi-basement and dormers. Double-fronted with three windows. … The farmhouse stands on the site of a house formerly belonging to the Bishops of Ely.

The manor of Somersham was given to the Abbey of Ely in 991. The estate was given to the new Bishopric in 1109 and a weekly market granted in 1190. The estate with its deer park was bought by the Crown in 1600 in exchange for lands worth £1,144 and it remained Crown lands until 1653 when it was sold for £19,884. Nothing remains of the Bishop’s Palace.