Listed Building: THE ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE OR THE OLD PALACE (1085066)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 856, 4, 2
Date assigned 03 May 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 944 THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS The Archbishop's Palace or the old Palace TR 1557 NW 5/2 TR 1457 NE 4/2 3.5.67. II 2. Rebuilt in 1896 by W D Caroe, but the south wing contains some traces of old work in the buttresses and a C14 2 light trefoil-headed window. The C16 gateway in the Borough also remains, though it is now blocked. The building is curved. 2 to 3 storeys flint and ashlar. Tiled roof with 3 dormers on right elevation and 3 mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulding. Buttresses. The left side elevation has 3 gables with finials and 3 mullioned windows. The central entrance porch has an archiepiscopal cartouche and 2 twisted columns. It incorporates the West end of the undercroft of the monastic refectory. Listing NGR: TR1498757995

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1501 5797 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
Civil Parish CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Dec 1 2014 11:51AM