NHER 10737 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Gillingham

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Summary

Only the 15th century tower of this church and the churchyard remains. The rest was demolished in 1748. Medieval pottery was found in the churchyard.

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Map sheet TM49SW
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 1960. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Remains of former parish church. Late 14th/early 15th century. Flint with brick with limestone dressings; roofless. West tower only remains, the rest of the church demolished in 1748; square on plan with staged diagonal buttresses to west. 2-light Perpendicular west window. Tower arch of stuccoed brick with three hollow chamfers dying into plain chamfered reveal. Tracery missing from bell openings. Details of south and west walls much obscured by ivy growth.
Information from (S1).

All Saints' church.
15th century tower only remains, rest demolished 1748.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 21 August 1989.

2 April 1980. Context 1.
Medieval sherd from churchyard.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TM4192 A,H.
  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 94; p 52.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 358.
  • --- Photograph: Ashley, H.. Gillingham, Norfolk. All Saints' Church. A-G.
  • --- Photograph: EXN 37.
  • --- Photograph: EYN 37. All Saints' Church. Gillingham..
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Gillingham.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 49 SW 3 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050579.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1989. Building Report.. Building Report.
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 5 2018 3:46PM

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