Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago
We’re helping save Charing Palace, an extraordinary collection of medieval buildings in Kent. 🙌
The Palace was a favourite residence of more than 50 Archbishops of Canterbury, offering a handy stopover point between Canterbury and Lambeth Palace in London.
Our £300,000 grant has supported urgent structural repairs to the Grade I listed 14th-century barn, originally built as the palace’s Great Hall.
In 1520, Henry VIII stayed here with his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and a large entourage as they travelled to France for the famous Field of the Cloth of Gold meeting with Francis I.
Charing Palace has been on our Heritage at Risk Register for many years, but is now being brought back to life by @spitalfields_trust with our support.
📍 The Archbishop's Palace, Charing, Kent | Grade I listed and a scheduled monument.
We’re helping save Charing Palace, an extraordinary collection of medieval buildings in Kent. 🙌
The Palace was a favourite residence of more than 50 Archbishops of Canterbury, offering a handy stopover point between Canterbury and Lambeth Palace in London.
Our £300,000 grant has supported urgent structural repairs to the Grade I listed 14th-century barn, originally built as the palace’s Great Hall.
In 1520, Henry VIII stayed here with his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and a large entourage as they travelled to France for the famous Field of the Cloth of Gold meeting with Francis I.
Charing Palace has been on our Heritage at Risk Register for many years, but is now being brought back to life by @spitalfields_trust with our support.
📍 The Archbishop's Palace, Charing, Kent | Grade I listed and a scheduled monument.
