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St George, West Grinstead, Sussex

Location
(50°58′25″N, 0°20′5″W)
West Grinstead
TQ 170 207
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Sussex
now West Sussex
  • Kathryn A Morrison

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Description

This church is largely rendered. It comprises a nave (12thc.) with a S aisle (13thc.), a tower (13thc.) situated at the E end of the S aisle and a chancel (late 13thc.) with a S chapel (Halsham Chapel, mid-14thc.).

History

Not in Domesday Book. Restored 1901-02.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The square bowl of the font was probably supported by five columns originally (Walker, 84).

Bibliography
M. F. Drummond-Roberts, Some Sussex Fonts Photographed and Described. Brighton 1935, 99.
I Nairn and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, 369-71.
Rev E. Turner, 'Steyning and West Grinstead churches and the ancient castle of Knepp', Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1-21, esp. 7-12.
A. K. Walker, An Introduction to the Study of English fonts with details of those in Sussex. London 1908, 84.