Record Details

NHER Number:1852
Type of record:Building
Name:All Saints' Church, Warham

Summary

This church now has a cruciform plan, but the present transepts were originally aisles. The church probably dates to around 1300, as does the angle piscina and the east window (which has been renewed). Inside there are three fonts and a defaced effigy of a Civilian dating to around 1300, as well as a brass to William Rokewode of 1474.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9478 4162
Map Sheet:TF94SW
Parish:WARHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Partially ruined, date apparently around 1300.
See report in file.
Context 1. Undated; find of Roman coin from churchyard.
E. Rose (NAU), 27 May 1982.

Medieval bass of a cross found in the rockery to the north of the porch.
Recorded in (S1).
Information taken from (S2).
H. Mellor (HES), 16 May 2016.

1993.
Context 2. Medieval sherd found 10m northeast of corner of church.
Details in file.

1 February 2002.
Observation of drainage trenches dug through site of demolished south aisle and adjacent to tower.
See note in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 February 2002.

February 2002. Watching Brief.
Contexts 5-23.
NAU watching brief on drainage trenches on south side of church revealed walls, floor surfaces and demolition deposits of the former south aisle and the base of a probable buttress.
Medieval painted glass, lead window came and glazed floor tiles were recovered from the post medieval build-up deposits.
See report (S3) for further details. Work also noted in (S4).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.441).
J. Allen (NLA), 21 August 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 27 May 2019.

Monument Types

  • CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
  • CHURCH (Medieval to 21st Century - 1300 AD? to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BRICK (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CAME (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FLOOR TILE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FONT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PAINTED GLASS (WINDOW) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ROOF TILE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW GLASS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1898. Hundred of North Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol II. pp 23-27.
---Photograph: KCA.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 706.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. p 329; Pl 14.
<S2>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 94 SW 22 [2].
<S3>Unpublished Contractor Report: Underdown, S. 2002. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at All Saints Church, Warham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 682.
<S4>Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2003. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk, 2002. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt II pp 368-384. p 383.

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