The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Sussex (pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales))
Parish church
Heavily restored in the 1860s by Woodyer, the church has a single nave
with opposing N and S doorways, and a large chancel.
There is a bell turret with a broach spire over the W
gable.
Parish church
This is a small, 13thc. church, comprising an aisled nave with a bell-turret over the western bay, and a square-ended chancel. The only evidence for earlier fabric is the depressed chancel arch, but there is a plain tub font that may be Romanesque.
Parish church
Binsted church has a single nave, with a bell turret at the W end, opposing N and S doorways and one blocked Norman window (N side). The chancel is not separated from the nave by an arch, and has Norman windows on both N and S sides.
Parish church
All Hallows has a tall, aisleless 11thc. nave with pilaster strips and a blocked S doorway with long-and-short
quoining. The W tower and chancel date from 1728 and
1870 respectively. The church contains a plain font and a loose Romanesque
capital.
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.
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.
Parish church
A small church comprising an 11thc. nave with a plain N doorway, a 19thc. N porch and 14thc. S chapel which was rebuilt in the 19thc. A W tower was demolished before 1791; the W wall, with its bell-cote, was rebuilt in the 19thc. The square chancel dates from the 11thc. Some herringbone masonry is visible in nave and chancel.
Parish church
A restored late 12thc. or 13thc. church comprising a single-cell nave
with a plain S doorway, a square-ended Victorian chancel and a W tower. It contains a plain Romanesque
font.
Parish church
The medieval church of St Mary's was rebuilt in 1826 by G Draper, then rebuilt again in 1934 by Randoll Blacking. The present building is a large brick church with a spacious galleried nave, transepts and chancel.
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.