Residences
The Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence in London is Lambeth Palace. He also has a residence next to Canterbury Cathedral on the site of the medieval Archbishop's Palace. The archbishops had palaces on the periphery of London and on the route between London and Canterbury.
Former palaces of the archbishops include
- Croydon Palace: the summer residence of the Archbishops from the 15th to the 18th centuries.
- Addington Palace: purchased as a replacement for Croydon Palace in 1807; sold in 1897.
- Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone: constructed in the 1390s, the palace was seized by the Crown at the time of the Reformation.
- Otford Palace: a medieval palace, rebuilt by Archbishop Warham c. 1515 and forfeited to the Crown by Thomas Cranmer in 1537.
- Archbishop's Palace, Charing: a palace existed from at least the 13th century; seized by the Crown after the Dissolution.
- Knole House: built by Archbishop Bourchier in the second half of the 15th century, it was forfeited to the Crown by Archbishop Cranmer in 1538.
- The Old Palace, Bekesbourne, built c. 1552 for Archbishop Cranmer
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