The Rectory, Rodmell, Sussex
I Location
- Site Location
- Rodmell
- National Grid Reference
- TQ 421 063
- County
-
traditional:
Sussex
now: East Sussex - Type of building/monument
- Rectory
II General Description
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.
III Exterior Features
4. Other
(i) Arch
An arch in the Rectory garden incorporates at least three Norman fragments as follows:
(i) A plain roll moulding.
(ii) A section of billet with a cusped design along the border.
VII History
VIII Comments/Opinions
IX Bibliography
- M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 71.
- J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex. Chichester 1976, 12, 4.
- W.H. Godfrey, Walter H., Guide to the Church of St Peter Rodmell, 1982 edition.
- I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 590.
- Victoria County History: Sussex. VII (Rape and Honour of Lewes). 1940, 71-73.
- A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 80-81.