St Mary the Virgin, East Preston, Sussex

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Location

(50°48′44″N, 0°29′28″W)

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Site Location

East Preston

National Grid Reference

TQ 064 025

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Mary the Virgin

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn A Morrison

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Feature Sets

Exterior Features

Description

East Preston church has a Perp. W tower, a 12thc. nave with a Victorian S aisle (1869; Sir George Gilbert Scott), and a 13thc. chancel, which is the same height and width as the nave. There is a Norman window in the N wall of the nave.

History

East Preston is mentioned in the Domesday Survey, but no church.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex. Chichester 1976, 11.69.

A. H. Peat and L. C. Halsted, Churches and Other Antiquities of West Sussex. Chichester 1912, 121-22.

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 215-16.