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| Name: | Pagham Rectory (Becket's Barn), Pagham |
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| HER Ref: | MWS4264 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations
- Scheduled Monument 219: BECKETT'S BARN AND ADJOINING EARTHWORKS
- Listed Building (II) 297977: BECKET'S BARN
Summary
The monument includes an archiepiscopal palace surviving as upstanding stone remains and below-ground archaeological remains. It is situated on the coastal plain north-east of Pagham Harbour. The upstanding stone remains include those of the medieval great hall of Pagham Rectory, incorporated into a later barn known as Becket’s Barn.
Monument Types
- OCCUPATION SITE (In Use, Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
- OCCUPATION SITE (In Use, Early Medieval/Dark Age - 700 AD to 799 AD)
- ARCHBISHOPS PALACE (Built, Medieval - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)
- BARN (Built, Medieval - 1200 AD? to 1299 AD?)
- FISHPOND? (Constructed, Medieval - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)
- MOAT? (Constructed, Medieval - 1200 AD to 1299 AD)
- MONASTERY (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
- BARN (In Existence, Post Medieval - 1650 AD to 1650 AD)
- STOREHOUSE (In Existence, Post Medieval - 1650 AD to 1650 AD)
- VICARAGE (In Existence, Post Medieval - 1650 AD to 1650 AD)
- YARD (In Existence, Post Medieval - 1650 AD to 1650 AD)
Sources
| <1> | Map: OS. 1933. LWSIII 12 & 16:1 2500. |
| <2> | Serial: Sussex Archaeological Collections. 1958. Sussex Archaeological Collections - Volume 96. Volume 96. Sussex Archaeological Collection. 96:135-148. |
| <3> | Serial: Sussex Archaeological Collections. 1976. Sussex Archaeological Collections - Volume 114. Volume 114. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Southern Archaeological Services. 1993. An Archaeological Evaluation of Deposits at Becket's Barn, Church Farm Holiday Village, Sea Lane, Pagham, Bognor, West Sussex. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Pagham Parochial Church Council. 1981. St. Thomas a Becket's PAGHAM - A guide to the Church, Parish & Harbour. Copy in WSCC Source Material. |
| <6> | Web Site: English Heritage/Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. |
| <7> | Web Site: English Heritage. 2007. PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/. |
| <8> | Photograph: John Newton. 2017. Photograph of Becket's Barn, Pagham. JPEG Images. |
Associated Events
- Part excav, Collins AH & Fleming LV, 1956-7
- Part excav, Fleming LV, 1974
Associated Monuments
- MWS1610 - Related to: Earthworks, Becket's Barn (Monument)
- MWS1621 - Related to: Pagham Mill (Monument)
- MWS5705 - Related to: Romano British Occupation, Becket's Barn (Monument)
- MWS5706 - Related to: Saxon Occupation, Becket's Barn (Monument)
Associated Finds
- POT (Early Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC to 1539 AD)
- POTTERY SHERDS (Roman - 100 AD to 199 AD)
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