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- 1. Arundel Castle, Arundel, Sussex, England
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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 Nicholas, Arundel, Sussex, England
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Parish church Arundel church was rebuilt after 1380 in an early Perp style. The parish nave was separated from the collegiate E end by a screen which is still in place. While the W end is accessible from the High Street, the E end (Fitzalan Chapel) is accessible only from the Castle. The church is faced in knapped flint interspersed with ashlar blocks. These blocks are clearly reused building material of various dates, and include a voussoir, a mullion, columns and a length of dogtooth. They probably come from the earlier church on the site.
- 3. St Andrew, Bishopstone, Sussex, England
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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. Holy Trinity, Bosham, Sussex, England
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Collegiate church, now parish church Bosham church is largely Anglo-Saxon, but the upper storey of the W tower and the first chancel extension were erected after the Conquest. The second chancel extension and the aisles are 13thc. The only Romanesque architectural sculpture in situ belongs to the upper storey of the tower, but the interior houses a font, a pillar piscina and loose architectural fragments of 12thc. date.
- 5. Boxgrove Priory, Boxgrove, Sussex, England
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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.
- 6. St Nicholas, Bramber, Sussex, England
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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.
- 7. Broadwater (Worthing), Sussex, England
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Parish church This unusually large but (unfortunately) heavily restored parish church comprises a chancel, central tower, transepts, S vestry and an aisled and clerestoried nave with N and W porches. The earliest part is the central tower (mid-12thc.), with transepts, which were either added or remodelled later in the same century. The nave and chancel date from the 13thc. and the W front was built in 1887.
- 8. All Saints, Buncton, Sussex, England
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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.
- 9. St Bartholomew, Chalvington, Sussex, England
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Parish church Chalvington has a single nave with a bell-turret over the W end, opposing N and S doorways (N doorway now blocked), and a two-bay chancel. There is no chancel arch. Restored 1873.
- 10. Chichester Cathedral (Holy Trinity), Chichester, Sussex, England
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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.
- 11. St Leonard, Seaford, Sussex, England
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Parish church Seaford church has a W tower, an aisled nave with two-bay arcades and a S porch, a non-projecting transept, a large chancel with a polygonal end and a N chapel. The Perp tower seems to have been erected within the W bay of a Norman nave, but the W doorway is neo-Norman rather than Norman. Herringbone masonry suggests that the N aisle is of Norman origin, but the present two-bay nave arcades, clerestoreys and corbel tables appear to date from the early 13thc. One capital in the S arcade is historiated, with the Baptism of Christ, the Harrowing of Hell, Daniel in the Lion's Den, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the Crucifixion. The mid-Victorian 'transepts' and chancel were designed by John Billing and erected in 1861-62.
- 12. St Mary, Sompting, Sussex, England
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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.
- 13. St Andrew, Steyning, Sussex, England
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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.
- 14. St Michael and All Angels, Southwick, Sussex, England
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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.
- 15. St Mary, Thakeham, Sussex, England
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Parish church The church has a single-cell nave of 12thc. origin, to which have been added 13thc. transepts and chancel, and a Perp. W Tower. The nave has opposing doorways and one Norman window
- 16. St Mary Magdalene, Tortington, Sussex, England
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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).
- 17. St Mary and St Peter, Wilmington, Sussex, England
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Parish church Wilmington church has a nave with a N porch, a bell-turret over the W end and a two-bay S aisle with a 13thc. arcade. Towards the E end of the nave, on the N side, is a chapel (now vestry). The chancel is entered through a Victorian arch (1883; Paley and Austin), but retains two original Norman windows and sections of a string course carved with sawtooth. A 12thc. relief depicting the Virgin and Child is set in the S wall. The font dates from the early 13thc., but its form continues a 12thc. tradition.
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