Bestwood
Emmanuel

Archaeology

Core fabric 1869

New church on this site with no known predecessor

Significant Interior Features

Interior fittings C19th and C20th

Timbers and roofs

	Nave	Chancel	Tower
Main	Simple braced rafters 1869	Boarded, apsidal, painted - 1869	n/a
S.Aisle	n/a	n/a
N.Aisle	n/a	n/a
Other principal
Other timbers

Bellframe

Integral part of western stone turret

Scheduled for preservation. Grade 2, mainly 1869

Walls

	Nave	Chancel	Tower
Plaster covering & date	Plastered, probably 1869 and later	Nor plastered
Potential for wall paintings	Unlikely	Mural paintings on stonework, prob. 1907

Excavations and potential for survival of below-ground archaeology

No Significant excavations have been undertaken. The building was constructed in 1869; previous use of the land has not yet been researched but it is unlikely that any earlier church existed. All standing fabric and below-ground stratigraphy is therefore likely to date from 1869 to the present day.

The overall potential for the survival of below-ground archaeology in the churchyard is considered low and below the present interior floors is considered to be low.

Exterior: Largely inhumation burials, C19th-C20th.

Interior: Nave and Chancel all of 1869. Stratigraphy of importance to this period

Standing fabric of building 1869 and later.