St Nicolas, Portslade, Sussex

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Location

(50°50′33″N, 0°13′7″W)

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Site Location

Portslade

National Grid Reference

TQ 255 063

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now East Sussex

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Nicolas

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn A Morrison

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Feature Sets

Interior Features

Description

This late 12thc. and 13thc. church comprises a W tower, nave with S and N arcades (the N aisle added 1874 in style of S aisle) and a square chancel. A large Victorian addition on the N side of the tower is the Brackenbury Chapel of 1874.

History

No church is mentioned in the Domesday Book, although there was a village (Porteslamhe). The church was built in the late 12thc. and early 13thc., and was restored in 1860. The N aisle and Bracklebury Chapel were built in 1874.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches

Arcades

Nave

Comments/Opinions

The chevron to the N of the chancel arch appears to be the earliest part of the fabric. It is difficult to parallel in the county.

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex. VII (Rape and Honour of Lewes). 1940, 284-85.

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex. Chichester 1976,12.24, 25

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 459.