The monument includes the buried and upstanding remains of All Saints Church, which lies in an isolated position within a predominately rural landscape some 2.5km south of the village of Stanway. Originally the parish church of Great Stanway, it was converted into a private chapel of he Stanway Hall estate in the early 17th century. The early church, dating to the 13th century, was a simple two celled-church comprising a nave and a chancel. The 13th century walling is of coursed sub-rectangular Kentish ragstone blocks, flint rubble and significant amounts of reused Roman tile and brick. The remains of these walls survive in the nave, to a height of 3m to 3.6m externally and 2.3m to 3.3m internally, and the buttresses of the south nave wall are contemporary with this period. Documentary references from the 13th century include a church valuation of 1254 and a reference to the parish church at Great Stanway dated 1291. During the latter part of the 14th century the nave collapsed and was rebuilt. This new work can be seen in the south, east and west walls of the nave – the upper courses of medieval peg-tile being particularly characteristic of this period. In the 15th century the church was enlarged with the construction of the west tower, the addition of the north aisle and the insertion of a three-bay arcade. The mainly brick built tower survives largely intact. In the early 17th century the church was converted into a private chapel. This conversion is evidenced by the blocked arcade (with the north nave door constructed through) and the chancel arch, and the brick built north porch. The chancel and aisle were demolished at this time. No further structural activity of note appears to have taken place, other than blocking and repair, after the church became disused in the late 17th or early 18th century. By the early 18th century, the building was said to be utterly decayed and all the material of the roofs has been subsequently lost. The church is Listed Grade II. Sometime during the 20th century a large sectional cast-iron water tank was inserted into the bell chamber of the tower. The water tank, all modern fence lines and paths around the church, telegraph poles and lines and a modern shed on the south side of the nave are excluded from the scheduling; however, the ground beneath these features is included. <1>