EDO5961 - St Peter's church, West Knighton; watching brief 2011

Observations and recording during groundworks for installation of under-floor heating, including the reduction in floor level of the nave. Groundworks inside the church, including the reduction in floor level in the nave and south chapel, were not monitored. Evidence was recovered for two floor levels, including the existing Victorian tiled floor. Prior to the works the floors consisted of a mixture of polychrome encaustic tiles and wooden floor boards laid in the 19th century. Below the make-up and bedding layer for the Victorian tiled floor was a thick layer of lime mortar floor make-up. Although no dating evidence was recovered it is possible that this floor is contemporary with the late 18th century memorial slabs uncovered in the nave and chapel. The stratigraphy across the interior was heavily disturbed, primarily by the insertion of 18th – 19th century brick vaults and the later alterations to the floor.