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St Peter, Henfield, Sussex

Location
(50°55′57″N, 0°16′35″W)
Henfield
TQ 212 162
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn Morrison

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Feature Sets
Description

This highly restored church comprises a W tower (Perp.), nave with aisles to N and S (13thc.), and square-ended chancel with chapel on N side (15thc.). The restoration was carried out in 1870.

History

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The polygonal form of this font is strongly in favour of a date in the early 13thc., but the decoration at the bottom of the bowl is suggestive of hyphenated chevron. It is clearly related, formally, to the Sussex marble fonts, which abounded in late 12thc. Sussex. Drummond-Roberts nevertheless dated it to the 15thc.

Bibliography
M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 43.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 91-92.