Site Event/Activity record ESF21949 - Monitoring, All Sainst Church, Laxfield

PROJECT DETAILS Two small evaluation test-pits were excavated within the body of the tower of All Saints Church, Laxfield on the line of proposed new service trenches. Immediately below the existing concrete floor in Trench 1 the remains of an earlier brick floor was uncovered. The bricks were heavily sooted on their upper surface and were interpreted as representing a 19th or early 20th century structure that would have formed the stable base for a stove. Two other similar bases survive in the nave. Below the brick floor in Trench one and immediately below the concrete in Trench 2 a layer of disaggregated lime mortar and flints were recorded. No medieval floor levels were encountered. Judging by the base level of the extant limestone mouldings, particularly in the area of Trench 1, medieval floor levels would have been similar to those of today and, on that basis, are likely to have been replaced rather than built over. Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future Not known Associated Identifiers: NMR No. 1571827 Project Type: Field evaluation Development Type: Building refurbishment/repairs/restoration Methods and Techniques: '''Visual Inspection''', '''Targeted Trenches''' Position in the Planning Process: Not known / Not recorded Reason for Investigation: Faculty jurisdiction Site status: Listed Building Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CHURCH Medieval Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): BRICK FLOOR Post Medieval PROJECT LOCATION Area 2.00 Square metres Grid Reference: TM29607243 Point Height 48.50 - 48.50 metres PROJECT CREATOR(S) Brief originator: Diocesan Archaeologist Design originator: Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, Field Team Director/Manager: Stuart Boulter Supervisor: Stuart Boulter DIGITAL ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: LXD 032 Contents: 'Stratigraphic' Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey', 'Text' PAPER ARCHIVE Recipient: Suffolk County SMR ID: LXD 032 Contents: 'Stratigraphic' Media: 'Context sheet', 'Correspondence', 'Drawing', 'Photograph', 'Plan', 'Report', 'Section' BIBLIOGRAPHY Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript) Title: LXD 032, All Saints Church, Laxfield, Archaeological Evaluation Report Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulter, S. P. Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Rpt. No. 2012/172 Date: 2012 Issuer/Publisher: Suffolk County Council Place of Issue or Publication: Ipswich Description: Unbound A4 Sheets