NHER 7184 (Building record) - Church of St Margaret, Stanfield

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Summary

St Margaret's Church is a small rural parish church with a nave, chancel and west tower. It is thought that the stone quoins on this largely flint building may date to the Late Saxon or early Norman period, but the building is predominantly an untouched example of Early English style. The only significant additions are the late Perpendicular style square windows in the nave, and the east window of 1864, in an Early English style. Inside is a plain octagonal font, a Jacobean pulpit with 18th century tester, a simple 15th century screen, and benches with rustic late medieval poppyheads. From the churchyard several Roman and medieval pottery sherds have been recovered.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1077388: CHURCH OF ST MARGARET

Location

Map sheet	TF92SW
Civil Parish	STANFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Small flint and stone church with west tower, nave, chancel and south porch.
13th century Early English style chancel and tower. The nave has a 15th century window. Possible Late Saxon or Saxo-Norman quoins may indicate that the nave may form the basic remains of an earlier building.
Inside are carved bench ends, a plain octagonal font and Jacobean woodwork.
See (S1) for further details.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 March 1984.

January 1984. Excavation of dry area, surface finds collected.
Roman and medieval pottery sherds. These are now in Norwich Castle Museum.
A. Rogerson (NAU), 1984.

January - February 1986. Excavation of further dry area.
No finds were made except for some fragments of bone. The foundations of the church were shown to be of rubble flint with large flint foundations for the buttresses.
E. Rose (NAU), 3 February 1986.

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF11845 Aerial Photograph: TF9320 A,B,E-F.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF6690 Illustration: Ladbrooke. [unknown].
--- SNF4937 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of Launditch. The Churches of Norfolk. pp 195-200.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 668-669.
--- SNF10241 Photograph: Ladbrooke AS14-15.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF56264 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1984. Building Report.. Building Report.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (5)

POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
COFFIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 26 2018 1:29PM