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The only surviving sculptures from the 12thc. church, which comprised a W tower, single-cell nave and chancel, are the chancel arch capitals. A N aisle was added in 1861-63.
Westfield church and a pit for the ordeal by water were granted to the Abbey of Battle c.1100 by Wenig, who held the manor from William son of Wibert, who had held the manor from the Count of Eu in 1086. The church was mentioned in 1086.
The chancel arch capitals probably date from soon after the church was given to Battle, c.1100. The bases of the chancel arch, composed of numerous annular rings, correspond with such a date.
J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex, Chichester 1976, 1976, 9.17.
I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex, Harmondsworth 1965, 622.
Victoria County History: Sussex 1, 398, fn4.
Victoria County History: Sussex 9 (Rape and Honour of Hastings), 1937, 93-94.
