NHER 9187 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Hargham, Quidenham

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This tiny country church dates to the 14th and 15th centuries and is constructed in a mix of Decorated and Perpendicular styles. Until recently it was partly ruined and derelict but it was saved by a local couple during the 1980s who worked tirelessly to restore it. The grounds around the tower have been subject to clearance and all the architectural fragments recovered have been recorded. This process may continue in the future.

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Map sheet TM09SW
Civil Parish QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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July 1958. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Parish church. Early C14 with C15 alterations, restored 1874. Flint with ashlar quoins and dressings and plain tiled roofs. Two western bays of nave collapsed mid C18 leaving the west tower free standing. Chancel lower than nave, which has parapeted east gable."
Information from (S8).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S8) for the current listing details.
H. White (NLA), 02 June 2009. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 10 September 2020.

Part ruined, part derelict. Decorated and Perperpendicualr styles (14th - 15th century).
For full details, records of work in 1995-6 (S1), press cuttings (S2), (S3) and (S4) see file.
E. Rose (NLA).

October 1995. Watching Brief.
Undertaken during clearance around base of tower.
At the north west corner of the former nave, clearance exposed foundations for a buttress. Amongst the removed spoil on the south side of the tower were fragments of flint from the tower wall and a 'kneeler' stone, missing from the top of the first stage of the adjacent south west buttress of the nave.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S8).
A. Cattermole (NLA) 2 August 2005.

April 2000. Bell and bellframe survey.
Three bells were stolen in 1753 when the church was reduced in size and the tower abandoned.
See (S6) for further details
H. White, (NLA), 29 September 2009

May 2008. Watching Brief.
No features of archaeological significance. Fragmentary disarticulated human bones from an unstratified context.
See report (S7) for further details
H. White (NLA), 9 June 2009

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TM0191A-E, H, J, TM1291A.
  • --- Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1996. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1995. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt III pp 397-412. p 407.
  • --- Article in Serial: Plunkett, G. A. F. 1979. Norfolk Church Screens - 1865 Survey. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 178-189. p 182.
  • --- Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
  • --- Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF2419.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 382.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 09 SW 7 [4].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Slide: Various. Slide.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 1995. A Watching Brief at All Saints' Church, Hargham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 152.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. Attleborough couple save a church from ruin. 18 May.
  • <S3> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. [Photograph of All Saints' Church, Hargham]. 12 February.
  • <S4> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Couple seek treasure of born-again church. 11 August.
  • <S5> Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 43; p 51.
  • <S6> Unpublished Document: Cattermole, P.. 2000. Inventory of church bells and bell-frames in Norfolk.
  • <S7> Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2008. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at All Saints’ Church, Hargham, Norfolk. Chris Birks Archaeological Services. CB133R.
  • <S8> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077512.
  • DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Feb 1 2024 3:37PM

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