Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name of this place first appeared in records in 1062 as Lambehitha, meaning landing place for lambs. The diocese acquired the specific manor around the year 1200, although Archbishop Anselm had maintained a house there a century prior.
Archbishop William Juxon oversaw the complete rebuilding of the hall during the Restoration of 1660. The work was completed in 1663 with a late Gothic hammerbeam roof.
Cardinal John Morton built the massive five-storey brick gatehouse and completed it in 1495. This structure housed eight lodgings for the Archbishop's household.
The Museum of Garden History opened in the building in 1977 after the church was deconsecrated in 1972. During renovation works in 2016, a previously unknown crypt was discovered containing 30 coffins.
A new purpose-built library and repository building opened at the far end of the palace gardens in 2021. The library was originally founded as a public library by Archbishop Richard Bancroft in 1610.