A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



pre-Conquest period. Early in the twelfth century shallow buttresses came into use, as at New 

 Shoreham (transepts), and Newhaven (apse). 



ALBOURNE. Chancel walls, with a window (blocked) 



and chancel arch, of good chevron work on square 



piers with chamfered abaci ; also arches from the 



nave, built into churchyard wall. 

 ALDINGBOURNE. A blocked arcade 



in 



north wall of 

 one of the 



nave, including coeval painting on i 

 soffits, c. 1 080- 1 100. 



ALCISTON. Parts of fabric, with window in north 

 wall of chancel. 



AMBERLEY. Valuable example. Nave, with several 

 original windows, blocked north doorway and 

 chancel arch. Note the capitals, &c., of window 

 nook-shafts, coeval painted consecration crosses, and 

 the very fine chancel arch, of rich zigzag work with 

 voluted capitals. Amberley belonged to the bishops 

 of Chichester, and this work should be compared 

 with Bishop Ralph's in the cathedral. Date, c. 1090. 



APPLEDRAM. A window head and parts of north 

 wall of nave, c. 1080. 



ATHERINGTON CHAPEL. Masonry of this period in 

 the walls, 26 ft. 3 in. by 14 ft. 4 in. internally. 



BALSDEAN CHAPEL. Two windows of this date remain 

 and part of a doorway, together with much of the 

 walling. Window splays run out to a feather-edge. 



BARNHAM. Small windows, broad and squat, high up 

 in south wall of nave, outer cases in Pulborough 

 stone ; inner dressings in a hard white stone. Cf. 

 the Tangmere windows hard by. 



BATTLE. 1107-24 (fragments). Both in the abbey 

 buildings (e.g. an arch with billet moulding in the 

 refectory) and parish church some small remains of 

 the period exist. 



BEDDINGHAM. Windows in north wall of nave, &c. 



BISHOPSTONE. Tower of four recessed stages, with 

 double windows in bell-chamber, and a good corbel 

 table. Narrow windows and circular light in lower 

 stages. Round moulding on angle of quoins. 

 Archway under pediment built out from pre-Con- 

 quest porch, c. 1 1 20. 



BOSHAM. Pillar piscina, north aisle. Large window 

 in north wall of chancel. Top stage of tower, 

 with corbel-table of unusual design. 



BRAMBER. Tower arch, with curious sculptured 

 voluted capitals, door, &c., c. 1080. 



BUNCTON. The nave with early windows and door 

 and chancel arch (carving of two periods), c. 1070. 

 This may belong to the previous period. 



BURWASH. Tower, with two-light shafted windows 

 in bell-chamber. 



CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL. Nave, transepts, parts of 

 western towers, and quire. Note the clearstory 

 windows (outside), nave arcades, scale ornament in 

 triforia, cable and prism mouldings of tower arches. 

 Note the remains of original windows and corbel 

 table on south side of quire, the frequent occur- 

 rence of the billet moulding, the carved and cushion 

 capitals of the triforia, and the parti-coloured opus 

 reticulatum of the tympana, 1091 1123. 



CHITHURST. A small church of nave and chancel, 

 retaining its original windows and chancel arch. 



CLAPHAM. North wall nave, pierced by later arcade. 

 One original window, c. 1080. 



COATES. Nave and chancel, including a wide chancel 

 arch, an original window and font. 



COCKING. Original windows in nave and chancel and 

 chancel arch. Font. 



COOMBES. The nave and chancel, with some of the 

 original windows, priest's door, and chancel arch. 



EARTHAM. Chancel arch and walls. Note voluted 

 capitals, with carving of man's face, c. 1070. 



EASEBOURNE. Parts of nave, south walls, &c., with 

 original south door and quoin, c. 1 080. 



ELSTED. North arcade of two arches pierced through 

 an earlier wall ; cf. Aldingbourne and Walberton, 

 c. 1 1 oo. 



FINDON. Arch in south transept, horseshoed, with 

 unusual mouldings, c. 1120 



FLETCHING. Tower, with two-light shafted windows, 

 parts of nave walls, and remains of windows, 

 c. 1 1 20. 



FORD. Chancel arch (the abaci have star-pattern 

 ornamentation) and chancel (one window), and 

 parts of others built in. The chancel, though 

 smaller and lower, has much thicker walls than the 

 pre-Conquest nave. c. lioo. 



FRISTON. Doors, &c., side by side with similar pre- 

 Conquest features, c. 1 120. 



GRINSTEAD, WEST. North wall nave herring-bone 

 masonry, with window and two doors. Recess in 

 east wall and lower part of tower, c. 1080. 



GUESTLING. Tower, with single and double windows, 

 the latter having good shafts and an original stair 

 turret a rare feature in this period, c . 1 1 20. 



HAMSEY. Parts of nave, &c., including plain chancel 

 arch. 



HORSTED KEYNES. Parts of fabric, including an arch 

 on north side of nave. 



HORSTED, LITTLE. Chancel, with curious external 

 arcade, pierced for one window. [This is unique 

 in Sussex, and reminiscent of the Saxon chapel 

 at Bradford-on-Avon.] c. 1080. 



ICKLESHAM. Parts of nave walls (west end, &c.) pierced 

 for later arcades, c. 1080. 



ITCHINGFIELD. Walls and windows of nave and chan- 

 cel, c. 1 100. 



KEYMER. Apsidal chancel (rebuilt), c. noo. 



KIRDFORD. Parts offabric, windows, &c., e. noo. 



LANCING. Walls of chancel, with double-billet string- 

 course, c. 1 1 20. 



LAVANT, EAST. West door, with billet and other 

 ornaments, c . 1 1 oo. 



LAVANT, MID. One small window in nave, and parts 

 of walls, c. I loo. 



LEWES, ST. MICHAEL. Round tower, c. 1 100. 



LEWES, ST. JOHN'S, SOUTHOVER. Plain piers and 

 arches (altered), c . 1 1 20. 



LINCHMERE. West wall with door, and head of win- 

 dow (detached), c. 1080. 



LYMINSTER. West door of nave, with two square- 

 edged orders, chamfered hood and abaci, c. \ 100. 



MARDEN, NORTH. Church, with apse, c. noo. 



MARESFIELD. South wall of nave, with one window ; 

 others have been found and destroyed, c. 1 100. 



NEWHAVEN. Apse and tower, c. 1120. The corbel- 

 table and two-light windows of tower, the arch, 

 windows, and buttresses of apse, are noteworthy. 



NEWICK. South wall, nave, and one window, c. 1 100. 



PATCHAM. Nave and chancel (chancel arch and north 

 door), c. 1080. 



PEASMARSH. Chancel arch, horseshoed, with curious 

 bas-reliefs of (?) lions, c. 1080. 



PETWORTH. Windows on north of nave, c . 1 1 20. 



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