NHER 4053 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Newton by Castle Acre

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Summary

A Late Saxon parish church, with a central square tower dividing the nave and chancel. The church has a pair of blocked 11th century loop windows with arched carstone lintels, a double splayed window and an original triangular-headed doorway in the tower. Most of the present windows and doors date from the 14th century. Fragments of Late Saxon and medieval pottery have been found in the churchyard, see NHER 59886.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1077266: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Location

Map sheet	TF81NW
Civil Parish	NEWTON BY CASTLE ACRE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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ALL FINDS RECOVERED FROM THE CHURCHYARD AND PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER NHER 4053 ARE NOW RECORDED UNDER NHER 59886.

Square axial tower about 1050 to 1066, cruciform plan, noted by (S1) and (S2) classify as C3 (1050-1100).
(S3) says pre-Conquest. The inside arches are 1.5m (5') wide and 2.9m (9'8") to springing.
Ironbound conglomerate used.
Roman bricks claimed in tower by (S4) and (S5), according to R.R. Clarke (NCM), but he later stated they were not Roman.
(S6) also notes 'later' windows and gives plate as Chalice and paten 1567 or 1574; paten 1705.
Tom Martin, about 1740, draws a ?Perpendicular? east window, central capped tower with paired bell openings east and south, lancet below on south, mark of a ?missing transept, small south porch with large ?blocked window above.
E. Rose (NAU) 18 March 1981, not yet visited.

Portion of nave screen, Perpendicular, destroyed pre 1865.
E. Rose (NAU).

Listed grade I, see (S7).
E. Rose 2 December 1985.

Aerial photograph list in file.

Associated Sources (18)

--- SNF49899 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 8215E - F.
--- SNF10371 Aerial Photograph: TF8315A-F, J, S-T.
--- SNF99171 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of South Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XII. pp 185-190.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 562.
--- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Newton By Castle Acre.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 NW 18.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
--- SNF64408 Unpublished Document: 1983. Guide to the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Newton..
--- SNF79834 Unpublished Document: Randall, G.. 2009. Newton-by-Castle Acre, Great Dunham and Oxnead churches: camparing the plans.. December.
<S1> SNF4899 Monograph: Brown, G. B. 1903. Anglo-Saxon Architecture. The Arts in Early England. Vol II. pp 225, 346, 473.
<S2> SNF8386 Publication: Taylor, H.M. and Taylor, J.. 1978. Anglo Saxon Architecture..
<S3> SNF5033 Publication: Cautley, H. M. 1949. Norfolk Churches. p 224.
<S4> SNF1754 Article in Serial: 1933. Proceedings of the Congress. Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Second Series Vol XL. p 54.
<S5> SNF5907 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. [unknown].
<S6> SNF7580 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 269.
<S7> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077266.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (1)

BRICK (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2018 4:09PM