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St James, Ewhurst, Sussex

Location
(50°59′30″N, 0°33′22″E)
Ewhurst
TQ 795 245
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now East Sussex
  • Kathryn A Morrison

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Feature Sets
Description

The church comprises a W tower (Transitional, with an Early English doorway), a nave with S aisle (early 13thc.) and N aisle (late 13thc.), and a square-ended chancel. The vestry is modern. Restored 1874.

History

Ewhurst is not mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Although this font probably just squeezes into the 13thc., it represents the continuation of a regional type, which originated and thrived in the late 12thc.

Bibliography
M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 36.
F. Harrison, Notes on Sussex Churches, 109.
I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, 1965, 498.
(Not in Walker, 1908.)