St Michael, Newhaven, Sussex

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Location
(50°47′29″N, 0°2′40″E)
Site Location
Newhaven
National Grid Reference
TQ 442 011
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex now East Sussex
Diocese
medieval Chichester now Chichester
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Photographers
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Visit Date
21 Sept 99 (ext), 22 Sept 99 (int)

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Description

Newhaven church is poised on a hilltop, high above the Ouse estuary. It comprises a simple semi-circular apse, a central tower without transepts and a double aisled nave of 1791. There is a vestry (1825) at the E end of the N aisle, and a porch at the E end of the S. The church was largely rebuilt by Habershon in 1854.

History

Newhaven was known as Meeching until the 17thc., when a new harbour was created there.

Features

Exterior Features

Windows

Exterior Decoration

Corbel tables, corbels
Miscellaneous

Interior Features

Arches

Tower/Transept arches
Comments/Opinions

Bibliography

M. A. Lower, 'On the Churches of Newhaven and Denton' Sussex Archaeological Collections, 9, 1857, 89-95.

Victoria County History: Sussex VII (Rape and Honour of Lewes), 1940, 64-65.