Building record FAS 017 - Church of All Saints

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Summary

All Saints' church is situated in the N of parish, in the village.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8375 6762 (29m by 19m)
Map sheet TL86NW
Civil Parish FORNHAM ALL SAINTS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

All Saints' church is situated in the N of parish, in the village. A church is recorded in the Domesday book. The Norman S doorway has one order of shafts. An early C13 W tower is unbuttressed with lancets and a small single- chamfered doorway towards the nave. The Nave is of circa 1300 (see one window with V- tracery). The chancel is tall and Decorated, the E window is reticulated. The S aisle is Perpendicular and attached to the E wall of the S porch. The battlements have initials, shields etc., in stone and flushwork. The S arcade has two bays, the S chapel one into the chancel. The Perpendicular E window has a niche to its right in the SE angle. There was also one in the NE angle. The bench ends have poppy-heads and three have animals on the arms (S1).
?This church partially overlays cursus FAS 004.
2007: A photographic survey was undertaken on the walls of the church that would have been obscured or visually impacted as a result of a small extension to the building (S3).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 215.
  • <S2> Photograph: Air Photographs. NAU, TL 836 676, JDF 9-10, 1 July 1996.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: Gill, D.. 2008. Archaeological Monitoring Report: The Church of All Saints, Fornham All Saints.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 4 2016 4:22PM

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