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St Agatha, Coates, Sussex

Location
(50°57′3″N, 0°34′55″W)
Coates
SU 997 178
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn Morrison
25 August 1997

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Feature Sets
Description

This heavily repointed (or refaced?) church comprises a single nave with a bell turret (rebuilt 1961), and a small, square chancel. The chancel arch is plain and round-headed; one Norman window survives in the S wall of the nave.

History

Not mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086). The earliest reference to the church occursc.1100, when it is recorded that the Prior of Lewes received a pension from 'Cotes' church (A Short Guide, 1).

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

J. L. André, 'Fonts in Sussex Churches', Sussex Archaeological Collections 44, 1901, 35 (drawing of font).

St Agatha's Church Coates: A Short Guide, n.d.

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 68-69.