St Helen, Hangleton, Sussex

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Location

(50°51′8″N, 0°12′5″W)

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Site Location

Hangleton

National Grid Reference

TQ 267 074

Boundaries

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

Diocese

medieval Chichester
now Chichester

Dedication

medieval not confirmed
now St Helen

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Kathryn A Morrison

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Feature Sets

Description

Hangleton church has a 13thc. W tower, an early Norman nave with opposing N and S doorways, a N porch and vestry, and a square-ended 14thc. chancel, separated from the nave by a screen. There is a small Norman window in the S wall of the nave, and another in the N. Two reset corbels and one loose corbel may be 12thc. in date.

History

Hangleton, now a suburb of Brighton, is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but no church.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Corbel tables, corbels

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

The reset heads and loose corbel may have been removed from the W tower when the parapet was built.

Bibliography

Victoria County History: Sussex. 3 (City of Chichester). 1935, 281.

J. Morris and J. Mothersill (ed.), Domesday Book: Sussex. Chichester 1976, 12.23.

I. Nairn and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth 1965, 457-58.