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1. Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England

Castle
The motte and bailey castle built at Arundel by Roger of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, in the late 11thc., would have contained mainly wooden structures, although the stone gatehouse is believed to date from that period. In the second half of the 12thc. (c.1170-1190) the circular shell keep was erected, the curtain walls were strengthened and the domestic quarters extended. The castle was ruined during the Civil War, and was largely rebuilt in the late 19thc. (C A Buckler; 1890-1903). This work included the neo-Norman Postern Gate.
2. St Mary, Barnham, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church has a single nave, with a square weather-boarded bell-cote at the W end. There are two Norman windows on the S side, and a blocked arcade with pointed arches in the N wall. A timber truss serves to divide the nave from the 13thc. chancel. There is an organ chamber and vestry on the N side.
3. St Andrew, Bishopstone, Sussex, England

Parish church
The Anglo-Saxon origins of Bishopstone church are visible in the long and short quoining of the nave and S porticus, and two windows in the W wall of the nave. A scratch dial set over the S doorway is also thought to be Anglo-Saxon. It is inscribed: +EADRIC.
4. Boxgrove Priory, Boxgrove, Sussex, England

Originally Benedictine Priory, now parish church
Boxgrove church comprises an aisled choir, a crossing tower, N and S transepts, and an aisled nave. Only the E bay of the nave is incorporated within the present church; the rest lies in ruins beyond the W wall, which contains the remains of the monastic pulpitum. Due to the presence of the cloister on the N side of the church, only the westernmost 2.5 double bays of the nave had a N aisle. The earliest surviving parts of the building are the plain N and S transepts and the easternmost bay of the nave (c.1120-50). A phased rebuilding programme seems to have begunc.1180-1200, with the 'transitional' central tower, followed by the westernmost five bays of the nave. The rib-vaulted chancel (c.1200-20) is Early English in style, and makes extensive decorative use of Purbeck shafts. Little survives of the monastic buildings. The weathered facade of the chapterhouse probably dates from the mid-12thc. and the ruined guest-house, standing in a field to the NE, is of the 14thc.
5. St Nicholas, Bramber, Sussex, England

Originally Collegiate church, then chapel, now parish church
Of the early Norman 11thc. church, only the nave and tower survive. Since the demolition of the transepts and chancel, the tower has served as the chancel. An addition at W end was built in 1931. Romanesque sculpture is found on the S nave doorway, on a column reset in the W gable and in the tower and transept arches.
6. All Saints, Buncton, Sussex, England

Parish Church
A small church in a rural location, comprising a single nave with opposing N and S doorways and a short, square-ended chancel. Romanesque sculpture is found on a number of reset fragments and on the chancel arch.
7. Chichester Cathedral (Holy Trinity), Chichester, Sussex, England

Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral is situated within the SW quadrant of the city, which was originally laid out by the Romans. A small, irregular cloister ('Paradise') on the S side gives access to the Chapel of St Faith, the 15thc.Vicar's Close, and St Richard's Lane. The Bishop's Palace lies to the SW, and there are a number of clergy houses to the S, along Canon Lane (see separate entry for No.4 Canon Lane). A detached tower stands to the NW.
8. St James the Less, Lancing, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church, comprising a chancel, aisled central tower, aisled nave and S porch, was rebuilt at the end of the 13thc., but incorporates some reset 12thc. work. This includes the moulded S doorway ofc.1200, earlier fragments of billet (chancel, int.; nave ext.) and a voussoir (nave, ext.). The unusual font is probably late 12thc. in date. The vestry was added in 1934.
9. All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex,, England

Parish church
This small church, built from local sandstone, has a W tower, a single nave with a couple of Norman windows surviving in its N wall, and an Early English chancel. It also has a modern vestry (N of chancel), and a S porch (14thc.).
10. St Nicolas, Old Shoreham, Sussex, England

Parish church
The aisleless nave of Old Shoreham is Anglo-Saxon. The tower which once stood at its W end was probably adapted as a nave extension in the mid-12thc., when the central tower and transepts were erected. The large chancel dates from the 14thc., and includes a tie beam carved with dogtooth. In 1840-43 two vestries were built in the angle of the N transept and chancel, and the church was restored.
11. The Rectory, Rodmell, Sussex, England

Rectory
An arch in the gardens of the Rectory incorporates several carved Norman stones which are thought to have come from the chancel arch of the church (see entry on St Peter's). That, in turn, is thought to have been created from stones brought from Lewes Priory after 1537.
12. St Mary, Rye, Sussex, England

Parish church
This is a cruciform Norman church, which was much enlarged in the 13thc. The nave is flanked by aisles with five-bay arcades dating from the early 13thc.; on the S side is a porch and the Lamb Vault (with sacristy over), dating from the 14thc. and 15thc. respectively. The crossing tower and transepts are of 12thc. origin, but were remodelled in the late 12thc., then again in the 15thc., when the crossing tower was rebuilt. The chancel is flanked by three-bay arcades opening into chapels: this is mainly 13thc. work, but much of the arcades was rebuilt in the 15thc.
13. St Mary, Sompting, Sussex, England

Parish Church
The church comprises a continuous chancel and nave, a N transept with an E aisle, a S transept (originally a separate chapel) with an E chapel and S porch, and a W tower capped by a 14thc. `Rhenish Helm'. The tower was erected in three 11thc. campaigns: the lower stage is pre-Conquest, the first and second storeysc.1066-80 and the third storeyc.1080-1100. A N doorway demonstrates that vestiges of the nave belong to the first half of the 12thc., but the transepts and chancel were erected after 1154, when the church was acquired by the Templars. The church underwent extensive restorations in 1853, when most of the internal masonry was scraped under R.C. Carpenter. The interior contains a number of fragments ascribed to the 11thc., and a plain 12thc. font.
14. St Andrew, Steyning, Sussex, England

Formerly Collegiate church, now parish church
This church comprises a W tower, a 12thc. aisled nave and a 19thc. chancel. The demolition of the medieval choir, transepts and central tower, dilapidated since the Dissolution, was begun in 1577 and completed in the 17thc. A new chancel and W tower, which occupies the site of the W bay(s) of the nave, were then constructed. What was lost at the E end must have been largely of early 12thc. date, judging from the surviving W piers and arch of the crossing and the E arches of the S and N aisles which formerly opened into the transepts. The nave was erected later in the 12thc. The present chancel is of the 19thc.
15. St Michael and All Angels, Southwick, Sussex, England

Parish church
The late 12thc. W tower was rebuilt in 1950 after bomb damage, and vestries were added to either side. The nave and aisles were rebuilt in 1835, following a fire, but the chancel is medieval. The vestry and organ chamber on the S side of the chancel date from 1893, at which time the medieval S arcade was reopened.
16. St Peter, West Blatchington, Sussex, England

Parish church
West Blatchington church fell into disrepair in the 18thc. and was rebuilt in 1890 with a nave, chancel and vestry. The foundations of the W end of the nave, which extended beyond the present building, have been uncovered. A N aisle was added in 1961-62 to a design by J L Dedman. In 1973 the VCH mentioned the presence of fragments in the N wall. These are no longer visible and were probably removed in 1961-2.