North Collingham. Consists of nave with clerestory, aisles, chancel and W tower. Both arcades C13, also tower arch and chancel, other fabric later. Much restored. Royal arms on canvas etc, memorial slab in porch. (1) (2)
2 walls discovered under church during digging of drains; one running under the N aisle and into the graveyard, one running parallel to the present chancel. Earlier church ? (3)
The tower: Stripping of rendering to first floor height revealed large quoins at the NW corner, these were abutted by the vestry W wall. Removal of rendering on the S wall revealed a horizontal row of three square putlog holes c.0.5m below the lower window. A vertical joint in the masonry between the tower and the S aisle was also visible showing how the aisle had been inserted into the tower wall. South porch, substantial footings were found at both corners of the porch. Those on the SE were neat and D shaped, but those on the SW were roughly constructed. The junction of the porch E wall and S aisle wall clearly shows that the porch was an addition. Just above the S aisle parapet, at the junction with the nave W wall is a small area of disturbed stone delineating the original nave roofline which is the only surviving evidence that the clerestory was added at a later date. The original nave eaves was c.1.5m lower. The E side of the S aisle … had been constructed on top of an earlier wall and its foundations. … Large pieces of crimson painted wall plaster must have come from the chancel N wall. An organ chamber was constructed along the N side of the chancel in 1906-7. Pitched footings of a limestone wall running N of and parallel to the chancel wall. … The aisle E wall was built on top of an earlier limestone wall, constructed on the same alignment and extending N beyond the present aisle limits. The full width was 0.61m. Foundations bonded in a reddish brown sand and cut through the pitched foundations described above. Must have been demolished prior to the construction of the N aisle and its existence may have been forgotten by C14. On the N side of the aisle were the remains of three walls which were all perpendicular to the aisle and cut through by it. Beneath the aisle wall in the middle bay was what appeared to be the footings of an earlier wall, much disturbed by two burials. These remains possibly represent a series of porticus along the N side of the church which pre-dated the N aisle. In summary, limited excavations around the church have revealed evidence for an earlier church. It is not clear whether the whole church was rebuilt or if the porticus were still in use when the tower and nave were constructed at some time in the later C11. (4)
The excavation of the pipe trench on the south wall of the vestry exposed the original external plinth of the tower. It was badly damaged, presumably as a result of the insertion of the gas pipe. Only one complete stone survives intact, 0.46m in length. The plinth projects from the wall by 0.08m and is 0.19m high and the top of the plinth sits immediately below the level of the stone flag surface. The plinth on the west wall of the tower is a modern repair so this is the only place where the original plinth survives. (5)

Listed buildings slides, 1 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Mee A, 1938, The King's England: Nottinghamshire (Published document). SNT914.

<2> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 104 (Monograph). SNT4.

<3> Newark Advertiser, 10/11/1989, Newark Advertiser (Published document). SNT248.

<4> LAS, 1989, All Saints Church, Collingham. Excavations 1989 (Unpublished document). SNT2227.

<5> Naomi Field Archaeological Consultancy, 2010, All Saints Church North Collingham, Notts. Archaeological Watching Brief., p 2 (Unpublished document). SNT5061.