Description

TR 1557 NW 5/2
TR 1457 NE 4/2

THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS
The Archbishop's Palace or the Old Palace

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Rebuilt in 1896 by W.D Caröe, but the south wing contains some traces of old work in the buttresses and a C14 two light trefoil-headed window. The C16 gateway in the Borough also remains, though it is now blocked. The building is curved. Two to three storeys flint and ashlar. Tiled roof with three dormers on right elevation and three mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulding. Buttresses. The left side elevation has three gables with finials and three mullioned windows. The central entrance porch has an archiepiscopal cartouche and two twisted columns. It incorporates the west end of the undercroft of the monastic refectory.

On north side are considerable traces of the early C13 Archbishop's Palace which was the largest and most elaborate of its kind. Numerous details survive inside which are of use in re-constructing the windows and their tracery.

Listing NGR: TR1498757995

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Old Palace, Canterbury at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7084689

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover