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 A Morrison

Photographers

Kathryn A Morrison

Visit Date

20 Sept 1999 and 24 March 2026

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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 dates 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

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.