What is recorded here

Eltham Palace stands in the Royal Borough of Greenwich as a scheduled monument, though the name evokes far more than the remaining stones. It suggests a grand house where people laughed, argued and lived before time erased the rooms. The palace is gone, but its address still points to a lost world of warmth and motion.

The National Heritage List for England records Eltham Palace as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Eltham Palace was originally built in the early 14th century by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas of Walden, and later held by several medieval kings of England, including Edward III. It is important as a significant example of medieval palace architecture and as a historic royal residence with strong connections to English history.

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