Stanton Hill
All Saints

Archaeology

The church was constructed from new on an agricultural field site in 1899-1900.

View of the church from
the north-east		 View of the hall looking
north (liturgical west)

The building is of stone, in Early English style with single and triple lancet fenestration and five light lancets at the south (liturgical east) end.

The church comprises nave, now converted into a hall with tea servery, west porch, chancel, east and west transepts, and a low north annexe.

The church formerly had a louvre turret positioned on the main roof, as may be seen in the view of c.1905. This has now been removed.

Technical Summary

Timbers and roofs

NAVE CHANCEL TOWER
Main
Pitched roof, large principal rafters with cross bracing between, lower braces supported on curved brackets to large, moulded side purlins which carry decorative arching below. All 1899-1900.
Arched braces to flat roof panels (hidden details above) with side panels, side purlins, and wall plates with wooden brackets supporting arched braces. All 1899-1900.		 n/a
S.Aisle n/a    
N.Aisle n/a    
Other principal      
Other timbers      

Bellframe

Single bell of unknown date in a simple external stone turret, Elphick type 'A', Pickford Group 9.A. variant.

Scheduled for preservation Grade 3.

Walls

NAVE CHANCEL TOWER
Plaster covering & date Plastered and painted 1899 and later Plastered and painted, 1899 and later n/a
Potential for wall paintings Unlikely. Unlikely. n/a

Excavations and potential for survival of below-ground archaeology

There have been no known archaeological excavations.

The standing fabric of the church dates entirely from a single phase of building in 1899-1900, on a site that was previously agricultural fields. It is expected that below-ground stratigraphy will be uniformly that of the construction phase of 1899-1900.

The standing fabric of the entire building has some importance as a late 19th century church.

The churchyard is rectangular, very small, with the church positioned centrally. There are no burials.

The overall potential for the survival of below-ground pre-1899 archaeology in the church and churchyard, is considered to be UNKNOWN. The standing fabric of the church is of a single phase of 1899-1900, it therefore has potential for late C19th archaeology in the standing fabric, and as a mining community church, which is considered to be MODERATE-HIGH.

Exterior:No burials, potential for pre-church archaeology but this is unknown.

Interior: Stratigraphy under the entire interior of the building is expected to comprise construction layers dating from 1899-1900.