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The nave has a W bell-cote, a N aisle and a S porch. It is continuous with the 13thc. chancel.
Merston was mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but no church. Before 1086 it was held by 'Gort', thought to be Earl Gurth, Harold's brother. In 1086 it was held by Oismelin, who gave the tithes of his land to the Abbey of Troarn.
One of a series of arcaded Sussex marble fonts found in this region. Late 12thc.
J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex, Chichester 1976, 11.110.
I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 270.
A. H. Peat and L. C. Halsted, Churches and Other Antiquities of West Sussex, Chichester 1912, 108-10.
Victoria County History: Sussex IV (Chichester Rape) 1953, 158-60, with plan.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex, London 1908, 78-79.
