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Description: | The parish of Croydon received donations from successive archbishops of Canterbury who held a summer house here. The Whitgift's hospital was founded by Archbishop Whitgift and built in 1596-9. The building has a red-brick, symmetrical street front with three gables. Inside the gate is a quadrangle. Daniel Defoe noted in the 18th century that: "it is the antient palace of Archbishops of Canterbury, and several of them lye buried here; particularly that great man, Archbishop Whitgift, who not only repair'd the palace, but built the famous hospital and school." | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Perry, F | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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