St James, Ewhurst, Sussex

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Location
(50°59′30″N, 0°33′22″E)
Site Location
Ewhurst
National Grid Reference
TQ 795 245
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex now East Sussex
Diocese
medieval Chichester now Chichester
Dedication
medieval not confirmed now St James
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Photographers
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Visit Date
1 June 1997; 8 June 2026

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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.