St Peter, Henfield, Sussex

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Location
(50°55′57″N, 0°16′35″W)
Site Location
Henfield
National Grid Reference
TQ 212 162
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex now West Sussex
Diocese
medieval Chichester now Chichester
Dedication
medieval not confirmed now St Peter
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Photographers
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Visit Date
27 Aug 97

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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

In 1086 Henfield was held by the bishop of Chichester and had a church.

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.