Listed Building: THE OLD PALACE (1085722)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 956, 9, 116 |
Date assigned | 14 March 1980 |
Date last amended |
Description
1. 5273 BEKESBOURNE OLD PALACE ROAD
The Old Palace TR 15 NE 9/116
II GV
2. The house itself was built by Robert Packham in the late C18. Two storeys and attics stuccoed. Hipped tiled roof. Castellated parapet with a pediment in the centre concealing 2 dormers. Seven sashes with glazing bars missing. Modern ground floor portion built out along most of the front. At the east end of the south front is a C19 addition forming an L-wing, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533-1554, built a Palace here in 1552, which was enlarged by Archbishop Matthew Parker later in the C16. This was demolished during the Civil War and only the Gatehouse remains which is now a Cottage adjoining on the south-east of the house known as The Old Palace.
Listing NGR: TR1935255550
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 1935 5555 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR15NE |
Civil Parish | BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Aug 5 2011 3:33PM