The Archbishop's Palace or the Old Palace

The Archbishop's Palace, also known as the Old Palace, was rebuilt in 1896 by W.D. Caröe. The south wing still shows some remnants of earlier work, including buttresses and a 14th-century two-light trefoil-headed window. A 16th-century gateway from the Borough remains, although it is now blocked. The building is curved and consists of two to three storeys made of flint and ashlar, topped with a tiled roof that features three dormers on the right side and three mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulding. There are buttresses along the structure. The left side elevation displays three gables with finials and three mullioned windows. The central entrance porch is adorned with an archiepiscopal cartouche and two twisted columns, and it incorporates the west end of the undercroft of the monastic refectory. On the north side, there are significant traces of the early 13th-century Archbishop's Palace, which was the largest and most elaborate of its kind. Inside, numerous details remain that are useful for reconstructing the windows and their tracery.