United Kingdom-England 5
Vicars Chapel and Library
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The chapel was built between 1424 and 1430 at the north end of the close. It is eight degrees out of alignment with the rest of the close. This is because the northern wall of the chapel was built on top of the old wall enclosing the Liberty of St Andrew. The Liberty encompassed 52 acres broadly situated to the east of the city center of Wells. The main part of the Liberty formed a walled precinct within the city (which was otherwise not walled) and this included Wells Cathedral, the Cathedral Green, the Bishops Palace, the Old Deanery, and the Vicars Close. To compensate for the misalignment of the chapel the roof slopes to the west so that it appears level from the close.
