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