ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE 



FROM c. 1500 TO c. 1560 



Besides some interesting towers, this period gives us a series of late altar-tombs of Sussex 

 marble and Caen stone, many of them curiously carved with a singular blending of Gothic and 

 Renaissance detail. As a series they are unrivalled in England. See above, p. 361. 



ANCMERING. Tower, with dated inscription, showing 

 that it was built by the monastery of Sion (Middle- 

 sex), in 1 507. 



ASHBURNHAM. ToWCT. 



BARNHAM. West window and door, rich work of 



c. 1500. 

 SEEDING. Chancel reconstructed, c. 1535, of older 



materials. 

 BOLNEY. The fine massive western tower is exactly 



dated by entries in the churchwardens' accounts. 



It was built at the cost of one John Bolney in 



1536-7-8." 

 BOXGROVE. la Warr chantry chapel, e. 1530. A 



truly gorgeous piece of work, with a profusion of 



panelled work, niches, cherubs, grotesques, &c. 

 BRKDB. Oxenbridgc chantry chapel. 



BURY. South porch and stoup, c. 1 500. 



FRAM FIELD. Church rebuilt, except north chapel, 

 after fire in 1500. 



MILLAND CHAPEL. c. 1500, with earlier features. 



RINGMER. Parts of chapels. 



STEYNINC. Tower, in flint and stone chequer work, 

 c. 1555. 



TWINEHAM. Entire church rebuilt in brick, c. 1540. 

 It has perhaps the latest instance of a low side 

 window, with four-centred head, in brick. 



WINCHELSEA. West porch, c. 1500. 



WITTERING, WEST. Chapel in Cakeham (Bishop's 

 Palace built by Bishop Sherborn), f. 1510. The 

 tombs in the parish church are remarkable for the 

 bas-reliefs and images of patron saints that have 

 escaped destruction. 



FROM IT. 1560 TO c. 1700 



In a number of churches additions to existing buildings, or rebuildings after fires, took place in 

 this period, and in most cases a very creditable imitation of msdiaeval work resulted. This is notably 

 so at Slaugham, Ashburnham, and Withyham. 



ASHBURNHAM. Rebuilt (except tower), 1660. 



BERWICK. Tower and spire, 1603. 



COOMBES. East window, c. 1600. 



COWDRAY. Chapel sixteenth and seventeenth cen- 

 turies. 



EGDEAN. Rebuilt 1623. 



ELSTED. Porch, dated 1622. 



FORD. South porch (brick), c. 1635. 



HARTING, SOUTH. Chancel roof, c., c. 1598. 



LINCHMERE. Tower, 1656. 



MALLING. Erected between 1626 and 1628, and 

 consecrated 1632. 



SIDLESHAM. East window, c. 1630. 



SLAUGHAM. The south chapel, dated 1613, was 



erected by the Covert family. Its style is singularly 



good ' Gothic ' for the date. 

 STEDHAM. Upper part of tower rebuilt in 1670. 



Elliptical-headed windows. Goblet-shaped font of 



same date. 

 TROTTON. Porch, 1612. Altar ('dog') rails and 



font cover, c. 1630. 



WARNHAM. Screen (gallery), &c., c. 1625. 

 WITHYHAM. Chancel, chapels, and nave, rebuilt after 



a fire, 1666. 



WOOLBEDING. Tower, c. 1680. 

 WORTH. Pulpit and gallery, &c., 1663-72. 



EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 



GRINSTEAD, EAST. Rebuilt in 1785, after a fire. 

 GLYNDI. Rebuilt 1760. 



LAUGHTON. Chancel, c. 1760 a curious piece of 



' Strawberry Hill ' Gothic. 

 LEWKS. St. Michael's, south wall rebuilt, 1748. 



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