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Wrotham Archbishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Old Palace

In the civil parish of Wrotham.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

House, C16-C17, incorporating part of remains of pre 1184 Archbishops Palace. The palace was used by the Archbishops of Canterbury as a resting-place on the way to London, but it was demolished and used as a granary in the building of Maidstone palace. Ruins restored as a manor house by the Byng family during the C16.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.


This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 427266)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ61275917

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PastScape number; 412713

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