St Peter ad Vincula, Wisborough Green, Sussex

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Location
(51°1′22″N, 0°30′10″W)
Site Location
Wisborough Green
National Grid Reference
TQ 051 259
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex now West Sussex
Diocese
medieval Chichester now Chichester
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Photographers
  • Kathryn A Morrison
Visit Date
19 Apr 1990

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Description

The remains of an 11thc. nave, devoid of sculptural detail, are detectable at the W end of the church. The aisles were added c.1200, and the W tower, clerestorey and chancel slightly later, in the 13thc.

Features

Interior Features

Arcades

Nave

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

An antiquarian drawing of a carved bowl (a mortar?) with heads on the corners is assigned to Wisborough Green (Historic England Archive red boxes, unattributed and undated but possibly from The Gentleman's Magazine). Its present whereabouts are unknown.

In 1937 it was reported that the Vicar had discovered the early Norman altar, which was reinstated (Burton Observer 2 December 1937, 3).

Bibliography

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 380

A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex, London 1908, 90-91