The Gatehouse website record for John of Gaunts Palace, Kings Somborne

In the civil parish of Kings Somborne. In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

Medieval Manor house documented in 1362 when it was passed on to the wife of John of Gaunt. The site of the house is indicated by earthworks and fragments of walling. The current building, Palace Farm dates from C16, was refronted during C17/C18 and converted into two houses circa 1965. Excavations have also located the remains of an extensive Saxon settlement. Evidence was also recovered for prehistoric occupation, C16 and later buildings and field boundaries associated with Palace Farm. Described in 1591 as a 'verey fayer and anncyent house'. Tradition says the present building is on the site of the stables.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU36003085

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 227601
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 25184 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.