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A restored late 12thc. or 13thc. church comprising a single-cell nave with a plain S doorway, a square-ended Victorian chancel and a W tower. It contains a plain Romanesque font.
There was a church in Bepton in 1086.
According to the VCH, the font is modern: this seems unlikely.
P. Leicester, St Mary's Church Bepton, West Sussex. A Short Guide to and History of the Church and Church Community, Midhurst (church guide), n.d.
J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex, Chichester 1976, 11, 15.
I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 101 (no mention of font).
Victoria County History: Sussex 4 (Chichester Rape), 1953, 42-43 with plan.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English Fonts with Details of those in Sussex, London 1908, 44-45.
