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1. Amberley Castle, Sussex, England

formerly manor house, now hotel
The hotel, originated as a 12thc. manor house, of which the S and W ranges survive, together with a mid-12thc. doorway. Much of the remainder of the site was erected in the late 14thc. (see VII History).
2. St Michael, Amberley, Sussex, England

Parish church
Amberley church comprises a W tower, a nave with a 13thc. S aisle, and a square-ended chancel.
3. 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.
4. Bailiffscourt Hotel, Sussex, England

Hotel, formerly private house
The bailiff of the abbey of Séez in Normandy once lived at Bailiffscourt, explaining the presence of a small 13thc. chapel on the site. The present house and outbuildings were erected by Lord Moyne in 1935, to a design by Aymas Phillips. The main house has a courtyard plan on an intimate scale, and is built in a late medieval style, incorporating many imported medieval features. The doorway of the thatched guest-house nearby incorporates several carved 12thc. stones, reportedly retrieved from the walls of a Georgian farmhouse on the Bailiffscourt site. The implication is that the stones had been reused in the walls of that building.
5. 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.
6. St Mary Magdalene, Bolney, Sussex, England

Parish church
Bolney church has an early 12thc. nave and a slightly skewed chancel with a N chapel. The W tower was added in 1536-38, the N aisle in 1853 and the N vestry in 1912. The S doorway of the nave dates fromc.1100.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. No. 4 Canon Lane, Chichester, Sussex, England

Archdeaconry
A very restored 12thc. doorway forms the Canon Lane entrance to a residentiary of 1871.
11. St Mary, Clymping (or Climping), Sussex, England

Convent/Parish church
The earliest part of the church is the S transept tower (c.1180). The rest of the building (nave, S aisle, N transept and chancel) was rebuiltc.1220-30. The N and S transept arches have reeded consoles with snake-like neckings (cf: South Berstead).
12. All Saints, East Dean, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church, restored in 1870, has a single-cell nave but there are two blocked arches of an arcade on its N side. There are two doorways, a round-headed N doorway, now blocked, and a pointed S doorway sheltered by a porch. The transept carries a central tower, and there is a square-ended chancel. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S nave doorway and on a capital supporting the modern font.
13. St Mary, East Lavant, Sussex, England

Parish Church
12thc. nave with 13thc. aisle, chancel and brick tower of 1671 on the S of the nave. The church was restored in 1863 by G. M. Hills. The only Romanesque sculpture at East Lavant is the W doorway.
14. St Mary, Shipley, Sussex, England

Parish church, originally preceptory (?)
This is essentially a 12thc. church, comprising a nave with a N aisle (1893), a central tower with large, single bell openings and a square chancel. The N aisle and vestry were added by JL Pearson in 1893.
15. St Mary, Slaugham, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church has a 13thc. W tower and a nave with a late 13thc. S arcade and aisle, much rebuilt and enlarged in 1827. The chancel was extended in the 14thc. On its S side is the Covert Chapel of 1613, and on the N are two modern vestries.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church has a W tower, a single nave (late 11thc.) with opposing doorways (into S porch and N vestry), and a raised chancel (13thc.?) with a narrower altar recess at its E end. The chancel arch has a simple angle roll on the W side. There are blocked Norman windows on either side of the chancel.
19. St Mary, Sullington, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church has a very squat W tower which rises no higher than the nave. The lower stage has long and short work, indicative of an 11thc. date, but the upper stage has two round-headed 12thc. openings (blocked) on the N side, and probably had similar openings to W and S originally. The nave has tall, narrow proportions and is probably also of 11thc. date. It has a N aisle (c.1300), with a vestry on its N side, and there is a two-bay chancel.
20. 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.
21. St Mary Magdalene, Tortington, Sussex, England

Parish church
A small Norman church. Weather-boarded bell-cote over W end of nave; S aisle (early 13thc.; rebuiltc.1860) with Romanesque S doorway within gabled projection; chancel and N vestry (Victorian).
22. St Mary, West Chiltington, Sussex, England

Parish church
The church comprises a nave, carrying a timber bell turret with a broach spire (1602) over its E end, a chancel and S aisles to both nave and chancel. The exterior is heavily plastered, and there are impressive 12thc. and 13thc. wall paintings throughout the nave.
23. St George, West Grinstead, Sussex, England

Parish church
This church is largely rendered. It comprises a nave (12thc.) with a S aisle (13thc.), a tower (13thc.) situated at the E end of the S aisle and a chancel (late 13thc.) with a S chapel (Halsham Chapel, mid-14thc.).
24. St Peter and St John the Baptist, Wivelsfield, Sussex, England

Parish church
Wivelsfield church comprises a nave (probablyc.1100, extended to the W in 14thc.) with N and S aisles (1869, and 13thc. rebuiltc.1500, respectively), a tower at the W end of the S aisle (c.1500), a S chapel (c.1300) and square chancel (13thc., lengthened in 1869). The N doorway is reset.