Old Palace Lodge Palace Farmhouse

Old Palace Lodge and Palace Farmhouse, now two dwellings, have a 16th-century core, with significant alterations and refacing in the 17th and 18th centuries, and remodelling in the 19th and 20th centuries. The site is of historical interest as it lies on the location of John of Gaunt's Palace. The building is constructed of flint with brick dressings and has a roof covered in old plain tiles. Originally an L-shaped building of five bays at the front and a two-bay wing to the rear, the wing was once longer, with a further bay. The bays of the wing are wider, implying greater importance. An 18th-century wing was added to the right of the centre bay, and a 20th-century outshot garage to the right end. All parts are two stories high. The front facade has a plinth with moulded brick offset to the left of the two bays and along the wing. A 20th-century door is located in the second bay from the left, with a three-light casement window in the centre, and two two-light casement windows in the left bay. Above the left bays is a three-light casement with a head in a hipped dormer, and a two-light casement in the centre bay. The projecting 18th-century wing has 20th-century French doors and windows. A 20th-century pent-roofed porch is situated in the corner to the right, with a casement window beside it, and a two-light casement above. The roof is hipped with a large ridge stack to the right of centre and a stack on the right hip. Inside, remains of a 16th-century roof exist, possibly originally associated with a timber-frame structure. The roof features a queen post structure with three posts and curved windbraces. Although only one truss is nearly complete, fragments of an interesting truss survive, crossing the diagonal of the corner. Two 16th-century stone window fragments, present prior to a 1965 remodelling, are now situated in the garden. The building may have been part of the outbuildings of the former palace.