St John the Baptist, Sutton, Sussex

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Location

(50°55′50″N, 0°36′34″W)

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Site Location

Sutton

National Grid Reference

SU 978 155

Boundaries

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

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St John the Baptist

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn Morrison

Visit Date

12 February 1996

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Furnishings

Description

Sutton is a village on the South Downs in the district of Chichester, 10 miles NE of Chichester itself and 4 miles S of Petworth. The church has a W tower (c.1300), a nave (c.1100) with a S aisle (early 13thc.), a N transept (14thc.?) and a long square-ended chancel (14thc.?).

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Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font is probably contemporary with the S aisle and shows how a traditional local design was adapted to comply with new aesthetics, ie: the Gothic style.

Bibliography

I Nairn and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth, 1965, 346-47 (font not mentioned).