St Michael, Wiston, Sussex

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Location

(50°53′58″N, 0°21′32″W)

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Site Location

Wiston

National Grid Reference

TQ 155 124

Boundaries

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

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Michael

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn Morrison

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Description

Wiston church is located outside the town of Steyning, beside Wiston Park. It has a W tower, a nave with a S aisle, a chancel and a large S chapel dedicated to St Mary. Most of this dated from the 14thc., but the church was heavily restored in 1862 by G M Hills.

History

The dedication of the church is stated to be St Mary by Nairn and Pevsner and Drummond-Roberts

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography

M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 195.

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 382 (font not mentioned).

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 82-83.