St Giles, Shermanbury, Sussex

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Location
(50°57′21″N, 0°16′22″W)
Site Location
Shermanbury
National Grid Reference
TQ 214 188
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex now West Sussex
Diocese
medieval Chichester now Chichester
Dedication
medieval St Giles now St Giles
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Photographers
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Visit Date
31 March 1997

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Feature Sets
Description

A very small, rendered parish church composed of an unaisled nave with a timber bell-cote over the W end and a small square-ended chancel. There are traces of opposing N and S doorways in the nave walls although the church is now entered through a W doorway.

History

The Domesday Book mentions 'a small church'. Restored 1710 and 1885 (Pevsner).

Features

Interior Features

Interior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

The two carved heads differ in style and may come from separate ensembles.

Bibliography

P. M. Johnston, 'Norman carvings at Shermanbury Church', Notes and Queries, Sussex Archaeological Collections 46, 1903, 231-32.

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex, Chichester 1976, 13, 25.

I Nairn and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 320-21.