List of places of worship in Horsham (district)
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There are more than 110 current and former churches and other places of worship in the district of Horsham
, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex
. The large, mostly rural district, whose largest town is also called Horsham
, has 86 places of worship in use as of , and a further 27 closed churches which, although still standing, are no longer in religious use. The area has a long history of Christian worship—in both the main population centres (Horsham, Billingshurst
, Henfield
, Pulborough
, Steyning
and Storrington
) and the surrounding villages and hamlets
—and many Anglican
churches have Norman
or even Saxon
work. Roman Catholic places of worship include chapels within convents and priories, including England's only Carthusian
monastery, as well as modern churches. Protestant Nonconformity
has been well established since the 17th century. Plymouth Brethren
are well represented in the north of the district; Baptists, Methodists
and United Reformed Church
worshippers have many churches; William Penn
lived and preached in the area, which still has a strong Quaker
presence; and one of eight chapels belonging to a now vanished local sect, the Society of Dependants, still stands at Warnham
. There is also a mosque
in Horsham town.
English Heritage
has awarded listed status to nearly 50 current and former church buildings in Horsham district. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
, a Government
department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body
, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest". As of February 2001, there were 38 Grade I-listed buildings, 60 with Grade II* status and 1,628 Grade II-listed buildings in the district of Horsham.
and South Downs
. Much of the land is part of the Weald
, some is heavily forested, and large parts are classified as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
. More than one-third of residents live in the ancient market town of Horsham, which has grown rapidly since the 19th century to support a population of 45,000. The next largest settlements are the villages of Billingshurst, Henfield, Pulborough, Steyning and Storrington. These and many other villages and hamlets within the 32 civil parishes have ancient churches, particularly from the 13th century.
The Christianisation
of Sussex
began with St Wilfrid
in the 7th century, though, and gained pace in the 8th century when St Cuthman arrived at Steyning and founded St Andrew's Church. The densely forested Weald had been a stronghold of pagan worship, but by the 9th century Sussex was "at least nominally, a Christian county" due to the work of travelling missionaries such as Cuthman, who spent their lives preaching and founding places of worship.
In common with other parts of Sussex, many early churches were simple "two-cell" buildings with a nave
and chancel
. As worship became more elaborate, settlements grew larger and building techniques improved, many of these Saxon-era structures were extended or replaced, and Norman
or early Gothic architecture
characterises many of Horsham district's churches. Many ancient churches were restored
in the Victorian era
—sometimes drastically, as at Amberley, Ashington, Billingshurst and Wiston, for example—for several reasons. New theological and ideological practices within the Anglican church, associated with the Oxford Movement
and the Cambridge Camden Society
, defined new architectural ideals for churches to follow. Those that lacked the required features, such as large chancels, chancel screens and a separate nave, were identified for restoration, as were churches with newly unfashionable features such as box pew
s and galleries. In other cases, apathy and declining congregations had led to serious structural decay over the course of several centuries. Meanwhile, population growth in larger settlements necessitated enlargements or rebuildings in some cases. Gordon Macdonald Hills, who conducted "particularly damaging restorations" at more than 30 Sussex churches, was especially active in the Horsham area, but other architects such as Samuel Sanders Teulon
, Henry Woodyer, John Loughborough Pearson
, George Gilbert Scott, Jr. and R.H. Carpenter
also left their mark on the district's old churches in the 19th century.
Roman Catholic worship in the area has had an unbroken history since before the English Reformation
, despite being outlawed for centuries by various Acts of Parliament
. Rich families such as the Wappingthorns at Steyning
and the Carylls at West Grinstead maintained the faith, sometimes using secret rooms to celebrate Mass
. Example survives in the Priest's House next to the 19th-century Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis in West Grinstead
, and possibly at Henfield. Mass was sometimes said in private houses (as at Henfield
) before permanent churches were built, and three of the district's present Roman Catholic churches are linked to monasteries and convents. Public worship takes place in the chapels at St Hugh's Charterhouse Monastery at Parkminster
and The Towers Convent in Upper Beeding, and the Priory Church of Our Lady of England in Storrington
is physically linked to the Premonstratensian monastery there
.
Protestant
Nonconformist
worship has had a long and successful history in the area. Many denominations founded chapels and meeting places between the 17th and 19th centuries, both in the towns and in rural areas; many survive and remain in use. Baptist worship never gained such a hold as it did in East Sussex
, but Horsham town became a hotbed of the Strict
and Particular Baptist cause in the 19th century, when three such chapels were founded: Hope, Rehoboth and Jireh. General Baptists became established in the 1660s under the leadership of radical evangelist Matthew Caffyn
, the first leader of Horsham General Baptist Chapel (1721). Members of the chapel founded a mission at Billingshurst
in 1754; both causes moved towards Unitarianism
in the 19th century, and both chapels are still used. The later Brighton Road General Baptist Church also founded two offshoot chapels. The Wesleyan
and Primitive
Methodist
movements were also focused on Horsham. Wesleyan worship at a chapel in the town's London Road dates from 1832. Outreach work to surrounding villages led to the founding of chapels in Southwater
(now demolished), Dragon's Green
, Faygate
, Mannings Heath
and Partridge Green
. The United Reformed Church
, into which the Congregational Church merged in 1972, has four congregations in the district; several other chapels fell out of use while still registered as Congregational, and one at Henfield became Evangelical
. The Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers) had a presence in towns and villages across the district from the 17th century, despite repression. William Penn
lived at Warminghurst
and preached there and at a former meeting house in Steyning
, now called Penn's House; he was also linked to the curiously named Blue Idol, a Quaker place of worship since 1691. Horsham's meeting house dates from 1834, but the community worshipped in houses or in the open air long before that. Plymouth Brethren
, meanwhile, maintain a strong presence in Horsham town. Their cause was helped by the support of Charles Eversfield
of Denne Park, who founded their first meeting house in 1863. It is now used by Evangelicals, but three other meeting rooms survive in the town. The Anglican church was strongly opposed to the denomination in the 19th century, seeing it as an "irritant" locally. Other extant places of worship for Christian Scientists, The Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses exist, and denominations such as Presbyterians, Mormons, Swedenborgians, Pentecostalists and the obscure, localised Society of Dependants formerly worshipped in the district. The last named sect, also known as Cokelers, established eight chapels in Sussex and Surrey in the 19th century, often with co-operative shops nearby. Warnham's old chapel was used until the 1970s, as was the associated shop.
The only non-Christian place of worship in the district is a mosque
, which found a permanent home in Horsham town centre only in 2008: the community used houses and industrial buildings previously. The former Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel, which passed out of religious use in the mid-20th century, became Madina Mosque
after Horsham District Council granted planning permission
in 2008.
, 122,088 people lived in Horsham district. Of these, 76.34% identified themselves as Christian, 0.37% were Muslim
, 0.22% were Buddhist
, 0.19% were Hindu
, 0.18% were Jewish
, 0.08% were Sikh, 0.36% followed another religion, 15.44% claimed no religious affiliation and 6.82% did not state their religion. The proportion of Christians was much higher than the 71.74% in England as a whole, and other religions not listed in the Census were also followed by more people than the national average (0.29%). The proportion of people with no religious affiliation was also higher than the national figure of 14.59%. The proportion of Buddhists was slightly lower than the 0.28% national figure; and adherents of Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism were much less prevalent in the district than in England overall. In 2001, 3.1% of people in England were Muslim, 1.11% were Hindu, 0.67% were Sikh and 0.52% were Jewish.
, whose cathedral
is at Chichester
, and the Archdeacon
ry of Horsham—one of three subdivisions which make up the next highest level of administration. In turn, this archdeaconry is divided into eight deaneries
. The churches at Billingshurst
, Broadbridge Heath
, Colgate
, Coolhurst, Itchingfield
, Lower Beeding
, Mannings Heath
, Nuthurst
, Partridge Green
, Roffey, Rudgwick
, Rusper
, Shipley
, Slinfold
, Southwater
, Tisman's Common
, Warnham
and West Grinstead
, and the four in Horsham town, are in the Rural Deanery of Horsham. Those at Amberley
, Ashington
, Ashurst
, Botolphs
, Bramber
, Buncton
, Greatham
, Parham
, Pulborough
, Steyning
, Storrington
, Sullington
, Thakeham
, Upper Beeding
, Washington
, West Chiltington
and Wiggonholt
are part of the Rural Deanery of Storrington. Cowfold
, Edburton
, Henfield
and Shermanbury
's churches are within the Rural Deanery of Hurst. Two churches in the southwest of the district—at Coldwaltham
and Hardham
—are in the Rural Deanery of Petworth.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, whose cathedral
is at Arundel
, administers the district's eight Roman Catholic churches. Those at Billingshurst, Pulborough and Storrington are in Cathedral Deanery; Steyning and Upper Beeding's churches are part of Worthing Deanery; and the churches at Henfield, Horsham and West Grinstead are in the Crawley Deanery.
Three Baptist churches in the district are part of the South Eastern Baptist Association, which administers about 150 churches of that denomination across southeast England. Brighton Road and Trafalgar Road Baptist Churches in Horsham town are in the Association's Gatwick Network. Upper Beeding Baptist Church is in the Mid Sussex Network. Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham set up a daughter church in the Littlehaven area of town in 1993. The Life Community Baptist Church now meets at a school, and is also part of the South Eastern Baptist Association's Gatwick Network.
Horsham (district)
Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur....
, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
. The large, mostly rural district, whose largest town is also called Horsham
Horsham
Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
, has 86 places of worship in use as of , and a further 27 closed churches which, although still standing, are no longer in religious use. The area has a long history of Christian worship—in both the main population centres (Horsham, Billingshurst
Billingshurst
Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough....
, Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
, Pulborough
Pulborough
Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the...
, Steyning
Steyning
Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea...
and Storrington
Storrington
Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street...
) and the surrounding villages and hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
—and many Anglican
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
churches have Norman
Norman architecture
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or even Saxon
Anglo-Saxon architecture
Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing...
work. Roman Catholic places of worship include chapels within convents and priories, including England's only Carthusian
Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
monastery, as well as modern churches. Protestant Nonconformity
Nonconformism
Nonconformity is the refusal to "conform" to, or follow, the governance and usages of the Church of England by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.- Origins and use:...
has been well established since the 17th century. Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Brethren
The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is...
are well represented in the north of the district; Baptists, Methodists
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
and United Reformed Church
United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
worshippers have many churches; William Penn
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...
lived and preached in the area, which still has a strong Quaker
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
presence; and one of eight chapels belonging to a now vanished local sect, the Society of Dependants, still stands at Warnham
Warnham
Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road...
. There is also a mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
in Horsham town.
English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
has awarded listed status to nearly 50 current and former church buildings in Horsham district. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
The Planning Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system in England and Wales....
. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....
, a Government
Government of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Government is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Government is led by the Prime Minister, who selects all the remaining Ministers...
department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body
Non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body —often referred to as a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies...
, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest". As of February 2001, there were 38 Grade I-listed buildings, 60 with Grade II* status and 1,628 Grade II-listed buildings in the district of Horsham.
Overview of the district and its places of worship
Horsham is a large, mostly rural district in southeast England, which covers about 205 square mile of land between the NorthNorth Downs
The North Downs are a ridge of chalk hills in south east England that stretch from Farnham in Surrey to the White Cliffs of Dover in Kent. The North Downs lie within two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty , the Surrey Hills and the Kent Downs...
and South Downs
South Downs
The South Downs is a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose...
. Much of the land is part of the Weald
Weald
The Weald is the name given to an area in South East England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It should be regarded as three separate parts: the sandstone "High Weald" in the centre; the clay "Low Weald" periphery; and the Greensand Ridge which...
, some is heavily forested, and large parts are classified as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
. More than one-third of residents live in the ancient market town of Horsham, which has grown rapidly since the 19th century to support a population of 45,000. The next largest settlements are the villages of Billingshurst, Henfield, Pulborough, Steyning and Storrington. These and many other villages and hamlets within the 32 civil parishes have ancient churches, particularly from the 13th century.
The Christianisation
Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England was a process spanning the 7th century.It is essentially the result of the Gregorian mission of 597, which was joined by the efforts of the Hiberno-Scottish mission from the 630s...
of Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
began with St Wilfrid
Wilfrid
Wilfrid was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Gaul, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon...
in the 7th century, though, and gained pace in the 8th century when St Cuthman arrived at Steyning and founded St Andrew's Church. The densely forested Weald had been a stronghold of pagan worship, but by the 9th century Sussex was "at least nominally, a Christian county" due to the work of travelling missionaries such as Cuthman, who spent their lives preaching and founding places of worship.
In common with other parts of Sussex, many early churches were simple "two-cell" buildings with a nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
and chancel
Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
. As worship became more elaborate, settlements grew larger and building techniques improved, many of these Saxon-era structures were extended or replaced, and Norman
Norman architecture
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or early Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
characterises many of Horsham district's churches. Many ancient churches were restored
Victorian restoration
Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...
in the Victorian era
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
—sometimes drastically, as at Amberley, Ashington, Billingshurst and Wiston, for example—for several reasons. New theological and ideological practices within the Anglican church, associated with the Oxford Movement
Oxford Movement
The Oxford Movement was a movement of High Church Anglicans, eventually developing into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose members were often associated with the University of Oxford, argued for the reinstatement of lost Christian traditions of faith and their inclusion into Anglican liturgy...
and the Cambridge Camden Society
Cambridge Camden Society
The Cambridge Camden Society, later known as the Ecclesiological Society from 1845 when it moved to London, was a learned architectural society founded in 1839 by undergraduates at Cambridge University to promote "the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiques." Its activities...
, defined new architectural ideals for churches to follow. Those that lacked the required features, such as large chancels, chancel screens and a separate nave, were identified for restoration, as were churches with newly unfashionable features such as box pew
Box pew
Box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England and other Protestant countries from the 16th to early 19th century.-History in England:...
s and galleries. In other cases, apathy and declining congregations had led to serious structural decay over the course of several centuries. Meanwhile, population growth in larger settlements necessitated enlargements or rebuildings in some cases. Gordon Macdonald Hills, who conducted "particularly damaging restorations" at more than 30 Sussex churches, was especially active in the Horsham area, but other architects such as Samuel Sanders Teulon
Samuel Sanders Teulon
Samuel Sanders Teulon was a notable 19th century English Gothic Revival architect.-Family:Teulon was born in Greenwich in south-east London, the son of a cabinet-maker from a French Huguenot family. His younger brother William Milford Teulon also became an architect...
, Henry Woodyer, John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5...
, George Gilbert Scott, Jr. and R.H. Carpenter
Richard Carpenter (architect)
Richard Herbert Carpenter was an eminent Victorian architect from England.Richard was born 1841 in St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England and died in 1893...
also left their mark on the district's old churches in the 19th century.
Roman Catholic worship in the area has had an unbroken history since before the English Reformation
English Reformation
The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....
, despite being outlawed for centuries by various Acts of Parliament
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
. Rich families such as the Wappingthorns at Steyning
Steyning
Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea...
and the Carylls at West Grinstead maintained the faith, sometimes using secret rooms to celebrate Mass
Mass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
. Example survives in the Priest's House next to the 19th-century Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis in West Grinstead
West Grinstead
West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber...
, and possibly at Henfield. Mass was sometimes said in private houses (as at Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
) before permanent churches were built, and three of the district's present Roman Catholic churches are linked to monasteries and convents. Public worship takes place in the chapels at St Hugh's Charterhouse Monastery at Parkminster
St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster
St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster is the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom. It is located in the parish of Cowfold, West Sussex, England....
and The Towers Convent in Upper Beeding, and the Priory Church of Our Lady of England in Storrington
Storrington
Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street...
is physically linked to the Premonstratensian monastery there
Our Lady of England Priory
Our Lady of England Priory in Storrington, West Sussex, England is home to Roman Catholic priests belonging to a Community of Canons Regular of Prémontré, after the place where they were founded in France in 1121. The priests are also known as Norbertines after Norbert of Xanten, the Founder of...
.
Protestant
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
Nonconformist
Nonconformism
Nonconformity is the refusal to "conform" to, or follow, the governance and usages of the Church of England by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.- Origins and use:...
worship has had a long and successful history in the area. Many denominations founded chapels and meeting places between the 17th and 19th centuries, both in the towns and in rural areas; many survive and remain in use. Baptist worship never gained such a hold as it did in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, but Horsham town became a hotbed of the Strict
Strict Baptists
Strict Baptists, also known as Particular Baptists, are Baptists who believe in a Calvinist or Reformed interpretation of Christian soteriology. The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their namesake from the doctrine of particular redemption.-Further reading:*History...
and Particular Baptist cause in the 19th century, when three such chapels were founded: Hope, Rehoboth and Jireh. General Baptists became established in the 1660s under the leadership of radical evangelist Matthew Caffyn
Matthew Caffyn
Matthew Caffyn was a British General Baptist preacher and writer.-Early life:He was born at Horsham, Sussex, the seventh son of Thomas Caffin, by Elizabeth his wife...
, the first leader of Horsham General Baptist Chapel (1721). Members of the chapel founded a mission at Billingshurst
Billingshurst
Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough....
in 1754; both causes moved towards Unitarianism
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
in the 19th century, and both chapels are still used. The later Brighton Road General Baptist Church also founded two offshoot chapels. The Wesleyan
Wesleyanism
Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous...
and Primitive
Primitive Methodism
Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States.-Origins:...
Methodist
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
movements were also focused on Horsham. Wesleyan worship at a chapel in the town's London Road dates from 1832. Outreach work to surrounding villages led to the founding of chapels in Southwater
Southwater
Southwater is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 10,000. The village is administered from the Horsham District Council Offices. Much of the population of Southwater originated from the brick industry which thrived in the...
(now demolished), Dragon's Green
Dragon's Green
Dragon's Green is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road 3.9 miles southeast of Billingshurst. It is home to the George and Dragon Pub....
, Faygate
Faygate
Faygate is a hamlet in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A264 road 3.4 miles south west of Crawley. It has a railway station on the Arun Valley Line with trains connecting to London and Portsmouth. The village is in the green belt between Crawley and Horsham.The village...
, Mannings Heath
Mannings Heath
Mannings Heath is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, on the A281 a few miles south-east of the town of Horsham. It lies in the civil parish of Nuthurst....
and Partridge Green
Partridge Green
Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles northwest of Henfield....
. The United Reformed Church
United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
, into which the Congregational Church merged in 1972, has four congregations in the district; several other chapels fell out of use while still registered as Congregational, and one at Henfield became Evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
. The Religious Society of Friends
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
(Quakers) had a presence in towns and villages across the district from the 17th century, despite repression. William Penn
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...
lived at Warminghurst
Warminghurst
Warminghurst is a tiny village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Ashington to Heath Common road 2.4 miles northeast of Storrington....
and preached there and at a former meeting house in Steyning
Steyning
Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea...
, now called Penn's House; he was also linked to the curiously named Blue Idol, a Quaker place of worship since 1691. Horsham's meeting house dates from 1834, but the community worshipped in houses or in the open air long before that. Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Brethren
The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is...
, meanwhile, maintain a strong presence in Horsham town. Their cause was helped by the support of Charles Eversfield
Eversfield Baronets
The Fermor, later Eversfield Baronetcy, of Welches in the County of Suffolk and of Sevenoak in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 4 May 1725 for Henry Fermor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to Charles Eversfield, of Denne Park,...
of Denne Park, who founded their first meeting house in 1863. It is now used by Evangelicals, but three other meeting rooms survive in the town. The Anglican church was strongly opposed to the denomination in the 19th century, seeing it as an "irritant" locally. Other extant places of worship for Christian Scientists, The Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses exist, and denominations such as Presbyterians, Mormons, Swedenborgians, Pentecostalists and the obscure, localised Society of Dependants formerly worshipped in the district. The last named sect, also known as Cokelers, established eight chapels in Sussex and Surrey in the 19th century, often with co-operative shops nearby. Warnham's old chapel was used until the 1970s, as was the associated shop.
The only non-Christian place of worship in the district is a mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
, which found a permanent home in Horsham town centre only in 2008: the community used houses and industrial buildings previously. The former Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel, which passed out of religious use in the mid-20th century, became Madina Mosque
Madina Mosque, Horsham
Madina Mosque is a mosque in the centre of Horsham, an ancient market town in the English county of West Sussex. It has served the Muslim community of the town and the surrounding district of Horsham since 2008. The plain stuccoed building in which it is housed was originally a Baptist chapel—one...
after Horsham District Council granted planning permission
Planning permission
Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning...
in 2008.
Religious affiliation
According to the United Kingdom Census 2001United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, 122,088 people lived in Horsham district. Of these, 76.34% identified themselves as Christian, 0.37% were Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, 0.22% were Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, 0.19% were Hindu
Hinduism
Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions...
, 0.18% were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, 0.08% were Sikh, 0.36% followed another religion, 15.44% claimed no religious affiliation and 6.82% did not state their religion. The proportion of Christians was much higher than the 71.74% in England as a whole, and other religions not listed in the Census were also followed by more people than the national average (0.29%). The proportion of people with no religious affiliation was also higher than the national figure of 14.59%. The proportion of Buddhists was slightly lower than the 0.28% national figure; and adherents of Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism were much less prevalent in the district than in England overall. In 2001, 3.1% of people in England were Muslim, 1.11% were Hindu, 0.67% were Sikh and 0.52% were Jewish.
Administration
All Anglican churches in Horsham district are part of the Diocese of ChichesterDiocese of Chichester
The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was created in 1075 to replace the old Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey from 681. The cathedral is Chichester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Chichester...
, whose cathedral
Chichester Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Chichester Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in Sussex, England...
is at Chichester
Chichester
Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
, and the Archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
ry of Horsham—one of three subdivisions which make up the next highest level of administration. In turn, this archdeaconry is divided into eight deaneries
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
. The churches at Billingshurst
Billingshurst
Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough....
, Broadbridge Heath
Broadbridge Heath
-Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931....
, Colgate
Colgate, West Sussex
Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles north east of Horsham.A small village, with it's origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a...
, Coolhurst, Itchingfield
Itchingfield
Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road southwest of Horsham.The main settlement in the parish is Barns Green.-References:...
, Lower Beeding
Lower Beeding
Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham...
, Mannings Heath
Mannings Heath
Mannings Heath is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, on the A281 a few miles south-east of the town of Horsham. It lies in the civil parish of Nuthurst....
, Nuthurst
Nuthurst
Nuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, 2.5 miles south Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1697 hectares . In the 2001 census 1711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active.Its Church of England parish church...
, Partridge Green
Partridge Green
Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles northwest of Henfield....
, Roffey, Rudgwick
Rudgwick
Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village....
, Rusper
Rusper
Rusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the town of Horsham and west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District...
, Shipley
Shipley, West Sussex
Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington....
, Slinfold
Slinfold
Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares...
, Southwater
Southwater
Southwater is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 10,000. The village is administered from the Horsham District Council Offices. Much of the population of Southwater originated from the brick industry which thrived in the...
, Tisman's Common
Tisman's Common
Tisman's Common is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Rudgwick to Loxwood road 6.4 miles west of Horsham....
, Warnham
Warnham
Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road...
and West Grinstead
West Grinstead
West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber...
, and the four in Horsham town, are in the Rural Deanery of Horsham. Those at Amberley
Amberley, West Sussex
Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages...
, Ashington
Ashington, West Sussex
Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares...
, Ashurst
Ashurst, West Sussex
Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about west of Henfield, and south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about west of the River Adur. There is a 12-century parish church dedicated to St James, a C of E primary school and a pub, the...
, Botolphs
Botolphs
Botolphs, formerly called Annington, is a tiny village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is in the Adur Valley southeast of Steyning on the road between Steyning and Coombes...
, Bramber
Bramber
Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river....
, Buncton
Buncton
Buncton is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Wiston. It lies to the east of the A24 road, about 20 miles south of Horsham....
, Greatham
Greatham, West Sussex
Greatham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Coldwaltham to Storrington road 1.8 miles south of Pulborough.-History:...
, Parham
Parham, West Sussex
Parham is a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. There was a village of Parham, around the parish church but its few houses having been destroyed in the early 19th century to create the modern landscaped park and gardens. The parish now consists of Parham Park and the farms...
, Pulborough
Pulborough
Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the...
, Steyning
Steyning
Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea...
, Storrington
Storrington
Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street...
, Sullington
Sullington
Sullington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. The village lies on the A283 road west of the A24 road, 20 miles south of Horsham....
, Thakeham
Thakeham
Thakeham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located to the north east of Storrington.The name Thakeham means "thatched homestead" and the original village had just one main street which is home to the village's only pub, The White Lion, and church. The...
, Upper Beeding
Upper Beeding
Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares...
, Washington
Washington, West Sussex
Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Steyning and three miles east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of 1,276 hectares...
, West Chiltington
West Chiltington
West Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Storrington to Broadford Bridge road, 2.6 miles north of Storrington.The parish covers an area of 1733 hectares...
and Wiggonholt
Wiggonholt
Wiggonholt is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is southeast of Pulborough on the A283 road. The village consists of a farm, a few houses and a small Church of England parish church....
are part of the Rural Deanery of Storrington. Cowfold
Cowfold
Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares . In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of...
, Edburton
Edburton
Edburton is a small village in West Sussex, England, on the road from Upper Beeding to Fulking.-History:The village was named after Edburga of Winchester who was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Great and daughter of his successor King Edward the Elder. The church she founded c.940 at Edburton...
, Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
and Shermanbury
Shermanbury
Shermanbury is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road north of Henfield. The present day village consists mainly of a ribbon development of bungalows on the east side of the A281, while the ancient parish church is some distance to the...
's churches are within the Rural Deanery of Hurst. Two churches in the southwest of the district—at Coldwaltham
Coldwaltham
Coldwaltham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is divided in two by the A29 road and lies 2.4 miles southwest of Pulborough which has both a railway station on the Arun Valley Line and a bus connection to Worthing...
and Hardham
Hardham
Hardham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A29 road 1.2 miles southwest of Pulborough....
—are in the Rural Deanery of Petworth.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, whose cathedral
Arundel Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965...
is at Arundel
Arundel
Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the South Downs of West Sussex in the south of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester. Other nearby towns include Worthing east southeast, Littlehampton to the south and Bognor Regis to...
, administers the district's eight Roman Catholic churches. Those at Billingshurst, Pulborough and Storrington are in Cathedral Deanery; Steyning and Upper Beeding's churches are part of Worthing Deanery; and the churches at Henfield, Horsham and West Grinstead are in the Crawley Deanery.
Three Baptist churches in the district are part of the South Eastern Baptist Association, which administers about 150 churches of that denomination across southeast England. Brighton Road and Trafalgar Road Baptist Churches in Horsham town are in the Association's Gatwick Network. Upper Beeding Baptist Church is in the Mid Sussex Network. Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham set up a daughter church in the Littlehaven area of town in 1993. The Life Community Baptist Church now meets at a school, and is also part of the South Eastern Baptist Association's Gatwick Network.
Open places of worship
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Amberley Amberley, West Sussex Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages... 50.9090°N 0.5394°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Amberley's parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... stands next to the castle Amberley Castle Amberley Castle is in the village of Amberley, West Sussex . It is a Grade I listed building.It was erected as a 12th century manor house and fortified in 1377... and has Norman Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... origins: Bishop Luffa Ralph de Luffa Ralph de Luffa was an English bishop of Chichester, from 1091 to 1123. He built extensively on his cathedral as well as being praised by contemporary writers as an exemplary bishop. He took little part in the Investiture Crisis which took place in England during his episcopate... founded it in about 1100, and its windows were extended to "thumping great" proportions in the 1150s. Most of the present structure is 13th-century; in particular, Bishop Ralph Neville Ralph Neville Ralph Neville was a medieval clergyman and politician who served as Bishop of Chichester, Keeper of the Great Seal and Lord Chancellor of England... extended the chancel Chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building... in about 1230. Gordon Macdonald Hills carried out restoration Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria... in the Victorian era Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence... . |
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| St Peter and St Paul's Church | Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares... 50.9314°N 0.3950°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The church here was originally dependent on nearby Washington Washington, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Steyning and three miles east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of 1,276 hectares... when founded in the 12th century. Some medieval features remain, but Robert Wheeler's "disastrous" (to Nikolaus Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture... ) restoration of 1871–72 was needed because of population growth. The flint and stone church has Perpendicular Gothic elements. |
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| St James's Church | Ashurst Ashurst, West Sussex Ashurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, about west of Henfield, and south of Horsham on the B2135 road. The village is about west of the River Adur. There is a 12-century parish church dedicated to St James, a C of E primary school and a pub, the... 50.9348°N 0.3273°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Built of flint with a Horsham Stone Horsham Stone Horsham Stone is a type of calcerous, flaggy sandstone containing millions of minute sand grains. It is also high in mica and quartz. The rock extends in an arc-like formation for several kilometres around the West Sussex town of Horsham from which it bears its name and lies just below the Wealden... roof in the 12th and 13th centuries, this remote church has a double nave Nave In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting... split by an arcade. The tower has a broach spire Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire, a tall pyramidal or conical structure usually on the top of a tower or a turret. A broach spire starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.... . A very rare 18th-century vamp-horn, a bizarre musical instrument with a droning sound, survives inside: it was used to accompany the choir. |
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| St Mary's Church | Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... 51.0224°N 0.4507°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The west-end broach spire Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire, a tall pyramidal or conical structure usually on the top of a tower or a turret. A broach spire starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.... looms over the partly 12th-century church and the village. The tower is the oldest and architecturally best feature; much 15th-century work remains as well, but the east end has a Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... appearance because of a restoration in 1866. |
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| St Gabriel's Church | Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... 51.0220°N 0.4472°W |
Roman Catholic | Prolific Roman Catholic architect Henry Bingham Towner designed this church in 1962 to replace a chapel of 1925 elsewhere in the village. It is typical of his style, and opinion ranges from "deplorable" to "interesting and satisfying". The reconstituted stone exterior leads to an aisled nave and sanctuary with a miniature tower. | |||
| Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel is a place of worship in Billingshurst in the English county of West Sussex. The cottage-like building was erected in 1754 for General Baptists, hence its original name of the Billingshurst General Baptist Chapel, but the congregation moved towards Unitarian beliefs... |
Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... 51.0218°N 0.4531°W |
Unitarian Unitarianism Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being.... |
This Georgian Georgian architecture Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United... Vernacular Vernacular architecture Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it... -style chapel has a well-preserved interior and is set back from the street in a large raised graveyard. Built of grey and red brick in 1754, it has a small porch and an interior gallery. An extension was added in 1825. |
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| Trinity United Reformed Church | Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... 51.0208°N 0.4530°W |
United Reformed United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... |
A Congregational chapel known as "Gingers Chapel" was founded in 1815. This church, by Thomas Elworthy, replaced it on a different site in 1868. The Early English-style building is of red and blue brick with some stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... ed stonework. |
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| St Botolph's Church St Botolph's Church, Botolphs The Grade I listed Saxon church of St Botolph's at Botolphs, West Sussex, England, is situated in the valley of the River Adur and is now part of the Church of England parish of Beeding and Bramber with Botolphs. An earlier dedication to St Peter de Vetere Ponte is now lost, like the bridge over... |
Botolphs Botolphs Botolphs, formerly called Annington, is a tiny village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is in the Adur Valley southeast of Steyning on the road between Steyning and Coombes... 50.8705°N 0.3051°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Apart from a small Victorian porch, this isolated church is ancient: parts of the chancel Chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building... and nave are Saxon Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing... , and ther is a 13th-century blocked aisle and tower with a "Sussex cap" roof. A good Jacobean pulpit Pulpit Pulpit is a speakers' stand in a church. In many Christian churches, there are two speakers' stands at the front of the church. Typically, the one on the left is called the pulpit... survives from the 17th century, and fragmentary wall paintings Mural A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of... are visible. |
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| St Nicholas' Church | Bramber Bramber Bramber is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river.... 50.8829°N 0.3153°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
William de Braose William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber William de Braose , First Lord of Bramber was previously lord of Briouze, Normandy. He was granted lands in England by William the Conqueror soon after he and his followers had invaded and controlled Saxon England.- Norman victor :De Braose was given extensive lands in Sussex by 1073... founded a chapel here, linked to his castle, in about 1073. It became the property of Saumur Saumur Saumur is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.The historic town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc... Abbey in France soon afterwards, and of Sele Priory Sele Priory Sele Priory was a medieval monastic house in West Sussex, England.It was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126 and was dedicated to St Peter... later. The bulky, hollow, castellated tower is 18th-century. Crude Norman-era carvings survive inside. |
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| St John's Church | Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath -Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931.... 51.0713°N 0.3616°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Now part of a team ministry of five churches in the Horsham area, this church has its origins in a mission hall of 1853. A tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... replaced it in 1904, but structural problems led to its demolition in 1957. A cruciform Cruciform Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross.- Cruciform architectural plan :This is a common description of Christian churches. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is more likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross,... replacement of extremely unusual design was completed in 1963. |
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| Broadbridge Heath Free Church | Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath -Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931.... 51.0713°N 0.3604°W |
Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... |
This was founded as a Baptist mission chapel in 1908 by Samuel Barrow, and was associated with Brighton Road Baptist Church in its early days. By 1955 it was called Broadbridge Heath Free Church, and the congregation is now Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... . The red-brick and stone chapel has lancet window Lancet window A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first... s. |
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| All Saints Church All Saints Church, Buncton All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the hamlet of Buncton in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Built in the 11th or 12th century as a small chapel of ease to a nearby parish church, and hardly changed or restored since,... |
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Buncton Buncton Buncton is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Wiston. It lies to the east of the A24 road, about 20 miles south of Horsham.... 50.9133°N 0.3726°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Originally a chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... to Ashington, this tiny two-cell stone building dates from the 11th or 12th century and now stands in a remote situation with few buildings nearby. Simple, "picturesque" and "delightfully unrestored", the building has many ancient internal features—but its famous feature, an extraordinary carving with exposed genitalia, was destroyed by a vandal in 2004. |
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| St Giles' Church | Coldwaltham Coldwaltham Coldwaltham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is divided in two by the A29 road and lies 2.4 miles southwest of Pulborough which has both a railway station on the Arun Valley Line and a bus connection to Worthing... 50.9392°N 0.5448°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
A major but characterful rebuilding in 1871 replaced most features except a 13th-century arcade, the half-timbered Norman Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... belfry Bell tower A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in... and the Early English-style tower of the 14th century. The stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings... by Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe was a well-known Victorian stained glass designer. After attending Twyford School, he studied for the priesthood at Pembroke College, Oxford, but it became clear that his severe stammer would be an impediment to preaching... is considered to be among his best work. |
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| St Saviour's Church | Colgate Colgate, West Sussex Colgate is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, about four miles north east of Horsham.A small village, with it's origins at the northern edge of St. Leonards Forest, it has no shops or retail facilities. There is a pub "The Dragon", and a church and a... 51.0817°N 0.2440°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Gordon Macdonald Hills, restorer of many churches in the area, designed Colgate's parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... in 1871. It replaced a smaller building opened three years earlier as a chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... to Lower Beeding Lower Beeding Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham... . The Decorated/Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... yellow- and blue-brick structure has a bell turret and a reredos Reredos thumb|300px|right|An altar and reredos from [[St. Josaphat's Roman Catholic Church|St. Josaphat Catholic Church]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. This would be called a [[retable]] in many other languages and countries.... by F. W. Pomeroy F. W. Pomeroy Frederick William Pomeroy RA was a prolific British sculptor of architectural and monumental works.He was born in London, the son of an artist-craftsman. He trained with William Silver Frith at the South London Technical School of Art , where he was also taught by Jules Dalou... . |
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| Blue Idol | Coolham Coolham Coolham is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the crossroads of the A272 and B2139 roads 2.8 miles southeast of Billingshurst... 50.9969°N 0.4233°W |
Quaker Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences... |
Forming one section of a 17th-century timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... cottage in a rural setting, this Quaker meeting house was founded for William Penn William Penn William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful... in 1691. The conversion, by John Shaw, created a large single-storey room. It fell out of use in 1793, but services started again in 1837 and there have been extensions since then. The name's origins are obscure. |
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| St John the Evangelist's Church | Coolhurst 51.0553°N 0.2890°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Land for a church in this wooded location was given in 1836, and the "forest church" (also known as the "Sun Oak church") was consecrated in 1839. The Early English-style stone building has a bell turret at the west end of the stone roof. Originally a chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... to Lower Beeding Lower Beeding Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham... , it was later served from Horsham. |
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| St Peter's Church | Cowfold Cowfold Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares . In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of... 50.9901°N 0.2738°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The "chief glory" of this substantial, largely 13th- and 15th-century church is a large floor-mounded brass memorial to Thomas Nelond, a Prior Priory A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the... of Southover. He died in 1433, and the brass and its "enchanting", well-preserved canopy date from then. The font Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:... can be dated precisely to 1481. Restoration was carried out on the ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... and rubble building in 1877. |
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| Parkminster Monastery Church St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster is the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom. It is located in the parish of Cowfold, West Sussex, England.... |
Cowfold Cowfold Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area of 1926 hectares . In the 2001 census 1,864 people lived in 729 households, of... 50.9731°N 0.2830°W |
Roman Catholic | The chapel at Britain's only post-Reformation English Reformation The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.... Carthusian Carthusian The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns... monastery Monastery Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only... has been open for public worship since 1943. Clovis Normand fils, a French architect, designed the French French Gothic architecture French Gothic architecture is a style of architecture prevalent in France from 1140 until about 1500.-Sequence of Gothic styles: France:The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows:* Early Gothic* High Gothic... Gothic Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... complex of buildings near Cowfold village. The large chapel lacks aisles and has an apsidal Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... end. Stone, both foreign and local (from Hastings Hastings Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900.... ), are the main materials. |
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Edburton Edburton Edburton is a small village in West Sussex, England, on the road from Upper Beeding to Fulking.-History:The village was named after Edburga of Winchester who was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Great and daughter of his successor King Edward the Elder. The church she founded c.940 at Edburton... 50.8898°N 0.2483°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
This 13th-century church was a Peculier Royal Peculiar A Royal Peculiar is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than under a bishop. The concept dates from Anglo-Saxon times, when a church could ally itself with the monarch and therefore not be subject to the bishop of the area... of Canterbury Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site.... until 1846. Much original detail survives despite a restoration in 1878. A north chapel and large porch were added in the 14th century, and the tower is a century newer. Eadburh of Winchester may have founded the village and its original 10th-century church. |
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| Greatham Church Greatham Church Greatham Church is the Anglican parish church of the hamlet of Greatham in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The tiny single-room building has been described variously as "delightful" and "one of the most appealing churches in... |
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Greatham Greatham, West Sussex Greatham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Coldwaltham to Storrington road 1.8 miles south of Pulborough.-History:... 50.9340°N 0.5158°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
No dedication is recorded for this small church in Parham parish. The single-cell stone building has been said to resemble a haystack, as recalled by author Arthur Mee Arthur Mee Arthur Henry Mee was a British writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopaedia, The Children's Newspaper, and The King's England... . Fittings include a good 17th-century communion rail and a Gothic pulpit Pulpit Pulpit is a speakers' stand in a church. In many Christian churches, there are two speakers' stands at the front of the church. Typically, the one on the left is called the pulpit... . The roof, laid with slates, has a bell turret. |
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| St Botolph's Church St Botolph's Church, Hardham St Botolph's Church, the Anglican parish church of Hardham in the district of Horsham, is a Grade 1 listed building. It contains the earliest nearly complete series of wall paintings in England. Among forty individual subjects are the earliest known representation of St. George in England... |
Hardham Hardham Hardham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A29 road 1.2 miles southwest of Pulborough.... 50.9486°N 0.5227°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Nationally famous wall paintings Mural A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of... include the earliest mural of Saint George Saint George Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox... in a British church. Dating from the 12th century, the extensive designs were covered a century later and were found when Victorian restorers were working on the interior in 1866. The simple two-cell stone church dates from the 11th century. |
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| St Peter's Church | Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... 50.9323°N 0.2765°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The aisles, chancel Chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building... and transept Transept For the periodical go to The Transept.A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture... s were renewed in 1870 by William Slater and R.H. Carpenter Richard Carpenter (architect) Richard Herbert Carpenter was an eminent Victorian architect from England.Richard was born 1841 in St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England and died in 1893... , but a side chapel and the large Perpendicular Gothic tower retain their 16th-century appearance and the chancel arch dates from the 12th century. Stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings... includes a 1901 window with Art Nouveau Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"... overtones. |
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| Henfield Evangelical Free Church | Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... 50.9311°N 0.2720°W |
Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... |
Originally a Congregational chapel, this has its origins in a two-bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... chapel of 1832. The manse Manse A manse is a house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of a Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or United Church... stood in front and obscured it until 1904, when it was demolished and the chapel was refronted in flint and brick. The congregation grew throughout the 20th century and aligned itself to the Evangelical movement. |
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| Corpus Christi Church | Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... 50.9312°N 0.2763°W |
Roman Catholic | Lilian Sterns held Roman Catholic services in her house, then built a timber church in the grounds in 1929. A parish was formed out of West Grinstead's territory in 1968, and a replacement church—in red brick, and still dedicated to Corpus Christi—was provided in 1974. Southern England's first seminary Seminary A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry... for Catholic priests was founded in Henfield in 1889. |
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| St Mary's Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0597°N 0.3309°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Reached down a quiet street lined with medieval buildings, and with open country behind, Horsham's 12th-century parish church is well situated but was given a thorough overhaul in the mid-13th century, giving it a "heavy, towny" character. S.S. Teulon Samuel Sanders Teulon Samuel Sanders Teulon was a notable 19th century English Gothic Revival architect.-Family:Teulon was born in Greenwich in south-east London, the son of a cabinet-maker from a French Huguenot family. His younger brother William Milford Teulon also became an architect... 's restoration of 1865 added an aisle, new windows (fitted with stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings... by various designers) and some elaborate gabling. |
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| Holy Trinity Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0694°N 0.3303°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The dedication of this church may relate to the former Holy Trinity chantry, founded in 1307. A 250-capacity tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... was opened in 1879 to serve a growing suburb; when the building moved to Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath -Notable residents:The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born at Field Place, which stands about a mile to the north of the village.The bestselling novelist Georgette Heyer lived at the Swan Ken, Broadbridge Heath, for several months in 1931.... in 1900, William Gillbee Scott designed a Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... red-brick replacement. |
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| St Leonard's Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0615°N 0.3177°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Land in east Horsham was bought in 1899, but the town-centre St Mark's Church had to be closed to provide money to establish a new church in the growing area. This eventually happened in 1936, and the red-brick St Leonard's Church was ready in 1939. | |||
| Brighton Road Baptist Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0603°N 0.3215°W |
Baptist | The present chapel is the third on the site. Originally founded in 1896 for General Baptists in a tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... which was given a Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... brick façade, it was rebuilt in 1923 in a similar style using red brick and stonework. This was in turn demolished in 2007 and rebuilt in a Modern style Modern architecture Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely... in 2008. |
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| Hope Strict Baptist Chapel | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0632°N 0.3156°W |
Baptist | Horsham's second Strict Baptist Strict Baptists Strict Baptists, also known as Particular Baptists, are Baptists who believe in a Calvinist or Reformed interpretation of Christian soteriology. The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their namesake from the doctrine of particular redemption.-Further reading:*History... chapel had its origins in meetings in a public hall in March 1900. The congregation moved several times, but on 2 December 1903 their new red-brick square-windowed chapel on Oakhill Road was inaugurated, and worship has continued there ever since. The three founders were from Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... . |
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| Rehoboth Strict Baptist Chapel | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0609°N 0.3212°W |
Baptist | Particular Baptist Strict Baptists Strict Baptists, also known as Particular Baptists, are Baptists who believe in a Calvinist or Reformed interpretation of Christian soteriology. The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their namesake from the doctrine of particular redemption.-Further reading:*History... seceders from the present Horsham Unitarian Church Horsham Unitarian Church Horsham Unitarian Church is a Unitarian chapel in Horsham in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in 1719 to serve the large Baptist population of the ancient market town of Horsham—home of radical preacher Matthew Caffyn—and the surrounding area... founded this chapel in 1834 after a period of worshipping at a farmhouse. It is a red-brick building with a gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... d façade and round-headed windows. A modern frontage has been added. Hymnwriter Edward Mote Edward Mote Edward Mote was a pastor and hymn writer. Born in London on 21 January 1797, his parents managed a pub and often left Edward to his own devices playing in the street. He was trained as a cabinet maker and worked in London for many years. Later he entered the ministry was pastor at Rehoboth Baptist... was a long-serving pastor. |
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| Trafalgar Road Baptist Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0733°N 0.3297°W |
Baptist | Brighton Road Baptist Church established a mission chapel in the rapidly growing Trafalgar Road area in the 1920s. It became a separate cause, under the name Trafalgar Street Baptist Church, in 1955. The present brick building dates from 1972. | |||
| Christian Life Centre | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0615°N 0.3251°W |
Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... |
This large Renaissance Revival brick and stone chapel on East Street was built for a Primitive Methodist Primitive Methodism Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States.-Origins:... congregation in 1891. It closed in 1932, and in 1957 Pentecostal Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek... worshippers moved in and renamed it Fellowship Hall. This continued into the 1980s, but by 2005 the present name and Evangelical character had been adopted. |
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| Denne Road Gospel Hall | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0611°N 0.3273°W |
Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... |
Charles Eversfield Eversfield Baronets The Fermor, later Eversfield Baronetcy, of Welches in the County of Suffolk and of Sevenoak in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 4 May 1725 for Henry Fermor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to Charles Eversfield, of Denne Park,... funded a new Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... chapel near his Denne Park home in 1863; it replaced earlier short-lived meeting houses elsewhere in Horsham. The stuccoed façade has a porch below an arched window. Eversfield's influence was significant—Brethren have always had a strong presence in this part of Sussex—but an Evangelical congregation now uses the chapel. |
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| First Church of Christ Scientist | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0651°N 0.3386°W |
Christian Scientist Christian Science Christian Science is a system of thought and practice derived from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Bible. It is practiced by members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist as well as some others who are nonmembers. Its central texts are the Bible and the Christian Science textbook,... |
This brick building on the Guildford Road was registered for worship by members of the Church of Christ, Scientist Church of Christ, Scientist The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded in 1879 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, by Mary Baker Eddy. She was the author of the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Christian Science teaches that the "allness" of God denies the reality of sin, sickness, death, and the material world... in 1953. |
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| Kingdom Hall | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0623°N 0.3216°W |
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual... |
The present brick building is modern, but Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual... have been based at a Kingdom Hall Kingdom Hall A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, then president of the Watch Tower Society, for a building in Hawaii... on the present site in Stanley Walk since 1957. |
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| London Road Methodist Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0647°N 0.3291°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
Methodism came to Horsham in 1776, and the first Wesleyan Wesleyanism Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous... chapel was erected in 1832 on London Road. Its 400-capacity Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... replacement, with prominent buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... es and stone dressings to its red-brick walls, opened in 1883 as a memorial to Kate Ireland, founder of the first chapel. |
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| Madina Mosque Madina Mosque, Horsham Madina Mosque is a mosque in the centre of Horsham, an ancient market town in the English county of West Sussex. It has served the Muslim community of the town and the surrounding district of Horsham since 2008. The plain stuccoed building in which it is housed was originally a Baptist chapel—one... |
Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0609°N 0.3231°W |
Muslim Islam Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~... |
Horsham's Muslim population have worshipped at this former Baptist chapel since 2008 after a 14-year search for a permanent home. The stuccoed, rusticated Rustication (architecture) thumb|upright|Two different styles of rustication in the [[Palazzo Medici-Riccardi]] in [[Florence]].In classical architecture rustication is an architectural feature that contrasts in texture with the smoothly finished, squared block masonry surfaces called ashlar... , arch-windowed chapel was built as the Jireh Independent Chapel in 1857. The cause failed in the mid-20th century, and the building was used as a hair salon before its reversion to religious use. |
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| Brethren Hall | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0602°N 0.3202°W |
Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... |
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| Horsham Friends Meeting House | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0624°N 0.3339°W |
Quaker Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences... |
Quakers had a presence in Horsham from 1655, and George Fox George Fox George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver, Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war... and William Penn William Penn William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful... visited in 1680. Soon afterwards, a meeting house was founded; the 1693 building on the present Worthing Road was replaced in 1786, and the present cottage-like structure dates from 1834. Its red-brick walls support a tiled hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... with moulded Molding (decorative) Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster but may be made from plastic or reformed wood... eaves Eaves The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :... . |
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| St John the Evangelist's Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0641°N 0.3319°W |
Roman Catholic | Architects E. and J. Goldie's building, a Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... stone and rubble church of 1919–23 with side chapels to the nave, is Horsham's third Roman Catholic church. All three stood on Springfield Road. A castellated church of 1820 was turned into a school when a new building was erected nearby in 1865. |
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| Salvation Army Citadel | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0666°N 0.3162°W |
Salvation Army The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries.... |
The present citadel was erected to replace a smaller building on Barttelot Way. It combines a community centre and worship space. | |||
| Horsham Unitarian Church Horsham Unitarian Church Horsham Unitarian Church is a Unitarian chapel in Horsham in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in 1719 to serve the large Baptist population of the ancient market town of Horsham—home of radical preacher Matthew Caffyn—and the surrounding area... |
Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0629°N 0.3334°W |
Unitarian Unitarianism Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being.... |
This vernacular Vernacular architecture Vernacular architecture is a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources and traditions to address local needs and circumstances. Vernacular architecture tends to evolve over time to reflect the environmental, cultural and historical context in which it... , cottage-like building was erected in 1721 for General Baptists linked to radical preacher Matthew Caffyn Matthew Caffyn Matthew Caffyn was a British General Baptist preacher and writer.-Early life:He was born at Horsham, Sussex, the seventh son of Thomas Caffin, by Elizabeth his wife... . The two-storey red- and blue/grey-brick chapel was later extended with a porch and an arch-windowed lean-to Lean-to A lean-to is a term used to describe a roof with a single slope. The term also applies to a variety of structures that are built using a lean-to roof.... . The cause moved towards Unitarianism in the late 19th century. |
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| Horsham United Reformed Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0639°N 0.3314°W |
United Reformed United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... |
Slinfold Slinfold Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares... Chapel is served from this former Congregational church, as was Maplehurst Maplehurst, West Sussex Maplehurst is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Copsale to Nuthurst road 3.8 miles south of Horsham. There is one pub, The White Horse, which is situated on Park Lane, just off Nuthurst Road.... 's former church. Meetings of Congregationalists took place from the late 18th century; they built their first church in Springfield Road in 1814. A larger Gothic Revival chapel replaced it in 1884, and the present building (again on the same site) dates from 1983. |
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| St Nicolas' Church | Itchingfield Itchingfield Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road southwest of Horsham.The main settlement in the parish is Barns Green.-References:... 51.0486°N 0.3873°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The church fabric dates from three distinct periods: the Norman era Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... , the 15th century—when the unusual all-wood tower was built—and 1866, when Sir George Gilbert Scott George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses... added an aisle and carried out general restoration. Many windows are 12th- or 14th-century. A curious timber-framed priest's house survives under a tree in the churchyard; it is partly 15th-century. |
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| Brethren Hall | Littlehaven, Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0789°N 0.3087°W |
Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... |
Planning permission Planning permission Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. Within the UK the occupier of any land or building will need title to that land or building , but will also need "planning... was granted in 1981 to erect a meeting hall for Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... on a site off the Rusper Road in the Littlehaven area of Horsham. |
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| Holy Trinity Church | Lower Beeding Lower Beeding Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham... 51.0332°N 0.2610°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Henry Jones Underwood Henry Jones Underwood Henry Jones Underwood was an English architect who spent most of his career in Oxford. He was the brother of the architects Charles Underwood and George Allen Underwood .... copied one of his earlier church designs—St Mary and St Nicholas Church at Littlemore Littlemore Littlemore is a district of Oxford, England. It has a parish council that also represents parts of Rose Hill. It is about southeast of the city centre of Oxford, between Rose Hill, Blackbird Leys, Cowley, and Sandford-on-Thames.-History:... , Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire .... —for his work on the new parish church at Lower Beeding. Matthew Habershon added north and south aisles with marble columns in 1864. The stone church has a west tower and is Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... in style. |
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| Church of the Good Shepherd | Mannings Heath Mannings Heath Mannings Heath is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, on the A281 a few miles south-east of the town of Horsham. It lies in the civil parish of Nuthurst.... 51.0447°N 0.2835°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The first church in Mannings Heath was Methodist, and it had significant influence. The incumbent at Nuthurst Nuthurst Nuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, 2.5 miles south Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1697 hectares . In the 2001 census 1711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active.Its Church of England parish church... parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... , in whose parish the village lay, founded a red-brick Gothic Revival chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... there in 1881. A local resident funded its construction. The dedication was recorded by 1895. The roof has a small bell turret. |
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| St Mark's Church St. Marks Church, Horsham St Marks Church is an Anglican church situated on North Heath Lane in the North Horsham parish in the district of Horsham, West Sussex in Great Britain. There is a church hall where baptisms, weddings, and funerals are held.-History:... |
North Heath, Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0824°N 0.3155°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The dedication of the former St Mark's Church in Horsham town centre was transferred to this new church in the modern North Heath suburb in the north of Horsham. Built in the 1980s, its design uses traditional features of churches in the Weald Weald The Weald is the name given to an area in South East England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It should be regarded as three separate parts: the sandstone "High Weald" in the centre; the clay "Low Weald" periphery; and the Greensand Ridge which... of Sussex—in particular its heavy broach spire Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire, a tall pyramidal or conical structure usually on the top of a tower or a turret. A broach spire starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.... . |
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| St Andrew's Church | Nuthurst Nuthurst Nuthurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, 2.5 miles south Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1697 hectares . In the 2001 census 1711 people lived in 702 households, of whom 875 were economically active.Its Church of England parish church... 51.0225°N 0.3015°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The parish of Nuthurst existed by 1207, and the first church dated from that time. "Terribly restored" (according to Pevsner) in a series of Victorian and Edwardian interventions, it was further altered by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel was an English architect and writer, also a musician.-Life:He was educated at Eton College, and read music at Trinity College, Cambridge. He worked shortly for Sir Charles Nicholson, and then set up his own architectural practice... in 1951. The sandstone building has an unusually elaborate vestry Vestry A vestry is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc., are kept , and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service.... with Art Nouveau Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"... overtones, dating from 1907. |
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Parham Parham, West Sussex Parham is a civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. There was a village of Parham, around the parish church but its few houses having been destroyed in the early 19th century to create the modern landscaped park and gardens. The parish now consists of Parham Park and the farms... 50.9165°N 0.4941°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The present cruciform church, next to Parham Park Parham Park Parham Park is an Elizabethan house in Cootham, between Storrington and Pulborough, West Sussex, South East England, originally owned by the Monastery of Westminster and granted to Robert Palmer by King Henry VIII in 1540.... (an Elizabethan Elizabethan era The Elizabethan era was the epoch in English history of Queen Elizabeth I's reign . Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history... mansion) on the Parham Estate, is an 1820s reworking of a medieval building. A side chapel in the chancel Chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building... , built in 1545, retains its original features, and an unusual lead font with inscribed stripwork and a coat of arms Coat of arms A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth... survives from the 14th century. The roof is of Horsham Stone Horsham Stone Horsham Stone is a type of calcerous, flaggy sandstone containing millions of minute sand grains. It is also high in mica and quartz. The rock extends in an arc-like formation for several kilometres around the West Sussex town of Horsham from which it bears its name and lies just below the Wealden... . |
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| St Michael and All Angels Church St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth century church in the settlement of Partridge Green in the parish of West Grinstead in West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the village... |
Partridge Green Partridge Green Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles northwest of Henfield.... 50.9622°N 0.3082°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Built in 1890 and now surrounded by modern housing, Habershon and Fawkner's simple and unadorned Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church replaced a tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... at nearby Jolesfield. It is served from West Grinstead West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber... , whose former vicar Rev. John Goring gave the land. A flint and stone exterior hides a red-brick interior. |
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| Partridge Green Methodist Church | Partridge Green Partridge Green Partridge Green is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2135 road 2.4 miles northwest of Henfield.... 50.9600°N 0.3031°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
One of many Methodist chapels founded by members of the Horsham chapel, this simple red-brick Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... building was opened in 1906. It replaced a wooden structure on the same site; the congregation had met in houses before its construction in about 1888. The architect was recorded as a Mr Tovey. |
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| St Mary's Church | Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... 50.9588°N 0.5106°W |
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A largely unrestored Perpendicular Gothic church of the 13th and 14th centuries, with a slightly later tower, this well-proportioned sandstone Sandstone Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,... building overlooks Pulborough's west end. The chancel has a 13th-century north chapel with an arcade of two bays Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... . The font Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:... , of Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone quarried in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England.It is one of many kinds of Purbeck Limestone, deposited in the late Jurassic or early Cretaceous periods.... , dates from the 12th century. |
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| St Crispin and St Crispinian's Church | Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... 50.9598°N 0.5117°W |
Roman Catholic | This church is dedicated to the twin saints Crispin and Crispinian Crispin Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the French Christian patron saints of cobblers, tanners, and leather workers. Born to a noble Roman family in the 3rd century AD, Saints Crispin and Crispinian, twin brothers, fled persecution for their faith, ending up in Soissons, where they preached Christianity... and is administered as part of a joint parish with St Gabriel's Church at Billingshurst Billingshurst Billingshurst is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies thirteen kilometres south-west of Horsham, and nine kilometres north-east of Pulborough.... . |
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| Pulborough United Reformed Church | Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... 50.9569°N 0.4934°W |
United Reformed United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... |
This church, originally Congregational, replaced the former Congregational chapel at the outlying hamlet Hamlet (place) A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village... of Marehill Marehill Marehill is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road 0.6 miles east of Pulborough.... . It dates from soon after the latter's closure in 1947 and has a brick façade. |
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| All Saints Church All Saints Church, Roffey All Saints Church is the Anglican parish church of Roffey, in the Horsham district of the English county of West Sussex. The present church, built to serve the Victorian suburb of Roffey—part of the ancient market town of Horsham—replaced a schoolroom in which religious services had been held... |
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Arthur Blomfield Arthur Blomfield Sir Arthur William Blomfield was an English architect.-Background:The fourth son of Charles James Blomfield, an Anglican Bishop of London helpfully began a programme of new church construction in the capital. Born in Fulham Palace, Arthur Blomfield was educated at Rugby and Trinity College,... designed the parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... of this Victorian Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence... suburb of Horsham in 1878. Church provision had been considered from the 1840s, and from 1856 local Anglicans worshipped in a newly built iron school. A resident donated money and land for a permanent church to commemorate her late husband. Blomfield's Early English-style church has a tower, a single-aisle nave Nave In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting... and local sandstone Sandstone Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,... walls. |
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| St Andrew's Methodist Chapel | Roffey 51.0740°N 0.3018°W |
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Founded by Primitive Methodists Primitive Methodism Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States.-Origins:... in 1878, this 160-capacity Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... chapel is built of red and blue brick with some exterior stonework. The cause thrived, and the building was improved in 1971 (the porch dates from then) and dedicated to Saint Andrew Saint Andrew Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him... . |
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| Holy Trinity Church | Rudgwick Rudgwick Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village.... 51.0976°N 0.4434°W |
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This mostly 14th-century church retains a medieval atmosphere and appearance despite modest Victorian restoration. An earlier, possibly 13th-century, church was completely rebuilt a century later: the aisle and tall, wide chancel date from then. Many windows are tall and have varied cusped tracery Tracery In architecture, Tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out.-Plate tracery:... . The Sussex Marble Sussex Marble West Sussex has a good concentration of relatively thin layers of Sussex Marble within the Weald Clay, a freshwater limestone referred to as "marble" as it takes a polish. It is not a geologically described one as it has not been subject to metamorphosis... font is 12th-century. |
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| Rudgwick Chapel | Rudgwick Rudgwick Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village.... 51.0952°N 0.4448°W |
Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... |
Founded for a Congregational community but now used by Evangelicals, the small original (1860) part of this chapel has red-brick walls. In the early 20th century, it was extended with a new façade which had a partly timbered gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... d porch with a tiled exterior. |
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| St Mary Magdalene's Church | Rusper Rusper Rusper is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the town of Horsham and west of Crawley. Rusper is the centre of Rusper Parish which covers most of the northern area between Horsham and Crawley. Rusper is governed by the Horsham District... 51.1227°N 0.2793°W |
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Thoroughly restored in 1854 by Henry Woodyer—only the substantial 16th-century Perpendicular Gothic tower survives from earlier—this church is on the Surrey Surrey Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of... border and has more in common with a Thames Valley Thames Valley The Thames Valley Region is a loose term for the English counties and towns roughly following the course of the River Thames as it flows from Oxfordshire in the west to London in the east. It includes parts of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, North Hampshire, Surrey and west London... -area church than a Sussex one. Inside, a brass memorial with Norman French Norman language Norman is a Romance language and one of the Oïl languages. Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon... inscriptions dates from the 1370s. |
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| St Giles' Church | Shermanbury Shermanbury Shermanbury is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road north of Henfield. The present day village consists mainly of a ribbon development of bungalows on the east side of the A281, while the ancient parish church is some distance to the... 50.9562°N 0.2726°W |
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The dedication was first recorded in 1341, and parts of the stone building date from then. John Gratwicke's restoration of 1710 gave the church its present appearance, and the nave Nave In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting... was extended in 1885. Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe was a well-known Victorian stained glass designer. After attending Twyford School, he studied for the priesthood at Pembroke College, Oxford, but it became clear that his severe stammer would be an impediment to preaching... provided some stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings... . Queen Anne's coat of arms Coat of arms A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth... is prominent inside. |
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| St Mary's Church | Shipley Shipley, West Sussex Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington.... 50.9843°N 0.3703°W |
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Although John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5... added a vestry Vestry A vestry is a room in or attached to a church or synagogue in which the vestments, vessels, records, etc., are kept , and in which the clergy and choir robe or don their vestments for divine service.... and an aisle in 1893, the church retains its 12th-century appearance and character—especially on the completely unrestored south side. The central tower is characteristic of early Norman Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... churches. Its bulk is accentuated by the lack of buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... es and the short chancel Chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building... . A 13th-century enamelled reliquary Reliquary A reliquary is a container for relics. These may be the physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures... survives inside. |
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| St Peter's Church | Slinfold Slinfold Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares... 51.0727°N 0.4061°W |
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Benjamin Ferrey Benjamin Ferrey Benjamin Ferrey, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. was an English architect who worked mostly in the Gothic Revival.-Family:Benjamin Ferrey was the youngest son of Benjamin Ferrey Snr, a draper who became Mayor of Christchurch. He was educated at Wimborne Grammar School.... 's individualistic Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... stone church of 1861 lost its broach spire Broach spire A broach spire is a type of spire, a tall pyramidal or conical structure usually on the top of a tower or a turret. A broach spire starts on a square base and is carried up to a tapering octagonal spire by means of triangular faces.... in 1970, but the tower retains its clock face. Gigantic capitals Capital (architecture) In architecture the capital forms the topmost member of a column . It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface... on the arcades in the aisles contribute to a sense of space in the interior. |
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| Slinfold Chapel | Slinfold Slinfold Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A29 road 3.4 miles west of Horsham.The parish has a land area of 1695 hectares... 51.0715°N 0.4055°W |
United Reformed United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... |
This is the third chapel serving Slinfold's Congregational (now United Reformed) community. Hayes Chapel, in a cottage near the manor house Manor house A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes... , was used from 1812 until 1858, when a chapel was built on the site of the present brick and tile building. This replaced its predecessor in 1878. |
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| Church of the Holy Innocents | Southwater Southwater Southwater is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 10,000. The village is administered from the Horsham District Council Offices. Much of the population of Southwater originated from the brick industry which thrived in the... 51.0253°N 0.3585°W |
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J.P. Harrison's "small, decent chapel" of 1850 was originally in the parish of Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... . Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 3rd Baronet donated the land and most of the cost of construction. The stone Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... building has a bell turret at the west end. A vestry was added in 1909. |
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| St Andrew's Church | Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8900°N 0.3250°W |
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Founded in bizarre circumstances by St Cuthman in the 8th century, and granted to Fécamp Abbey Fécamp Abbey Fécamp Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Normandy, northern France.The abbey was the first producer of Bénédictine, a herbal liqueur, based on brandy.-First foundation:... in the mid-11th century, the present substantial 12th-century building was identified as "the best in Sussex, and one of the best in the country" by Pevsner. The Duke of Norfolk financed rebuilding of the ruined chancel in the 18th century. Gordon Macdonald Hills carried out a poorly regarded restoration in 1863–64. |
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| Steyning Methodist Church Steyning Methodist Church Steyning Methodist Church is a Methodist place of worship serving Steyning and surrounding villages in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Built for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation who had outgrown an earlier chapel nearby, the Gothic Revival building opened in 1878 and has since been... |
Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8877°N 0.3265°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
The growing Methodist community in Steyning moved out of Jarvis Hall Jarvis Hall, Steyning Jarvis Hall is a former Nonconformist chapel in the village of Steyning, in the Horsham district of the English county of West Sussex. Since its construction in 1835, the Classical-style building has been used by four different Nonconformist Christian denominations: the Countess of Huntingdon's... , their home since 1843, into Worthing Worthing Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester... architect James E. Lund's new Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... chapel in 1878. Work on the flint and yellow-brick building had started a year earlier. There were internal extensions and improvements in 1968 and 1979. |
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| Church of Christ the King | Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8850°N 0.3273°W |
Roman Catholic | There was a significant Roman Catholic presence in Steyning during the 16th and 17th centuries. In recent times, Mass Mass (liturgy) "Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and... was celebrated in the town hall from 1948, and a former barn was turned into a permanent church in 1951. It was parished in 1968, and is now part of the three-church Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Adur Valley. |
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| St Mary the Virgin Church | Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... 50.9160°N 0.4564°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Little ancient work remains in this substantial church, which stands in a high position: only the north aisle retains 11th-century details. The plain tower and much of the body of the church date from 1750 (the old steeple had collapsed a few years earlier, damaging the roof), and in 1876 the incumbent vicar, Rev. George Faithfull, funded another restoration which included the construction of a large wall with steps up from the road to the churchyard. | |||
| Storrington Chapel | Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... 50.9187°N 0.4540°W |
Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... |
Pastor Robert Mustow, who led Nonconformist worship in the late 19th century at nearby Cootham Cootham Cootham is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road 0.9 miles west of Storrington.Cootham's population numbers around 200 and there is one public house named The Crown, parts of which date from 1555. As a well known coaching inn 'The Crown' had its own... , founded a mission chapel in Storrington village centre in 1909. The tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... was replaced by this permanent building in 1932. The old building passed into commercial use and survived until 1970. |
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| Trinity Methodist Church | Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... 50.9202°N 0.4456°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
Methodist worship in Storrington dates from 1960. Neighbouring Sullington Sullington Sullington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. The village lies on the A283 road west of the A24 road, 20 miles south of Horsham.... 's parish hall was used from 1962 until 1967; in 1962 the community bought a plot of land in Sullington parish (but within the urban boundary of Storrington) to build a permanent church. This happened in 1966–67. The 140-capacity church and adjoining hall are of brick. |
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| Priory Church of Our Lady of England Our Lady of England Priory Our Lady of England Priory in Storrington, West Sussex, England is home to Roman Catholic priests belonging to a Community of Canons Regular of Prémontré, after the place where they were founded in France in 1121. The priests are also known as Norbertines after Norbert of Xanten, the Founder of... |
Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... 50.9166°N 0.4599°W |
Roman Catholic | Edward Goldie's "fine" red brick and stone Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church of 1902–04 was added to the side of Storrington's Premonstratensian Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg... monastery, which dates from 1888. Features include a timber bell turret, an apse Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... and an interior gallery. Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, , styled Baron Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist... donated the land. |
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| St Mary's Church | Sullington Sullington Sullington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, part of the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. The village lies on the A283 road west of the A24 road, 20 miles south of Horsham.... 50.9070°N 0.4392°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Saxon Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing... work survives in this remote church, situated in farmland below the South Downs South Downs The South Downs is a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose... . The tall, narrow nave predates the Norman Conquest Norman conquest of England The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England... , and the tower, chancel and its arch are 13th-century. Survivals from the 12th-century include a single window and a doorway. One window has good reticulated tracery Tracery In architecture, Tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out.-Plate tracery:... . |
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| St Mary's Church | Thakeham Thakeham Thakeham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located to the north east of Storrington.The name Thakeham means "thatched homestead" and the original village had just one main street which is home to the village's only pub, The White Lion, and church. The... 50.9447°N 0.4214°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The church has Norman origins but was rebuilt in the 13th century; the details of the transept Transept For the periodical go to The Transept.A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture... s and chancel arch suggest a date in the early part of that century. The large tower is later and Perpendicular Gothic in style, as is the ornate font Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:... . An earlier dedication was to Saints Peter and Paul. |
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| Kingdom Hall | Thakeham Thakeham Thakeham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located to the north east of Storrington.The name Thakeham means "thatched homestead" and the original village had just one main street which is home to the village's only pub, The White Lion, and church. The... 50.9324°N 0.4360°W |
Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual... |
The land on which this Kingdom Hall Kingdom Hall A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, then president of the Watch Tower Society, for a building in Hawaii... stands is owned by Thakeham Parish Council by means of a charitable trust Charitable trust A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization".-United States:... . It is used by the Pulborough Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. |
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| St John's Church | Tisman's Common Tisman's Common Tisman's Common is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Rudgwick to Loxwood road 6.4 miles west of Horsham.... 51.0825°N 0.4704°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
This hamlet Hamlet (place) A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village... in the parish of Rudgwick Rudgwick Rudgwick is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England located six miles west of Horsham on the north side of the A281 road. The border between Surrey and Sussex runs through the northern part of the village.... has a very small church on land donated by the owner of Exfold Wood, a cottage, in 1913. The tiny brick chapel is hidden behind another house which now occupies the site. |
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| St Peter's Church | Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares... 50.8874°N 0.3056°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber William de Braose , First Lord of Bramber was previously lord of Briouze, Normandy. He was granted lands in England by William the Conqueror soon after he and his followers had invaded and controlled Saxon England.- Norman victor :De Braose was given extensive lands in Sussex by 1073... founded Sele Priory Sele Priory Sele Priory was a medieval monastic house in West Sussex, England.It was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126 and was dedicated to St Peter... in the late 11th century, and attached it to the church which had recently been built at Upper Beeding. It was thereafter used by both villagers and monks, but the two congregations were physically separated. The church was modest, and experienced alteration in the 19th century. Surviving pre-Victorian detail is mostly 13th-century. |
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| Upper Beeding Baptist Church | Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares... 50.8826°N 0.3046°W |
Baptist | The present brick building by C.J. Greening dates from 1966, but Baptist worship in the village began at a farm in 1905. A tin tabernacle Tin tabernacle Tin tabernacles were a type of prefabricated building made from corrugated iron developed in the mid 19th century initially in Great Britain. Corrugated iron was first used for roofing in London in 1829 by Henry Robinson Palmer and the patent sold to Richard Walker who advertised "portable... was erected in 1913 by Jonathan Willet; it stood in front of the new church, and was finally demolished in 1975. |
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| The Towers Convent Chapel | Upper Beeding Upper Beeding Upper Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the northern end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea and has a land area of 1877 hectares... 50.8794°N 0.2979°W |
Roman Catholic | Nikolaus Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture... called the dour medieval-style convent, built in 1870 as a private house, "terrifying". Its chapel, which has been open for public worship from the beginning, was built in 1929 to E.G. Geary's Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... design. It has an apsidal Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... end and is stuccoed with stone dressings. |
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Warnham Warnham Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road... 51.0907°N 0.3465°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Arthur Blomfield Arthur Blomfield Sir Arthur William Blomfield was an English architect.-Background:The fourth son of Charles James Blomfield, an Anglican Bishop of London helpfully began a programme of new church construction in the capital. Born in Fulham Palace, Arthur Blomfield was educated at Rugby and Trinity College,... 's restoration of 1885–86 left some 14th- and 16th-century detail, and the simple but substantial 16th-century tower is unaltered. Rusper Priory owned the original church on this site after William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber William de Braose, 1st Lord of Bramber William de Braose , First Lord of Bramber was previously lord of Briouze, Normandy. He was granted lands in England by William the Conqueror soon after he and his followers had invaded and controlled Saxon England.- Norman victor :De Braose was given extensive lands in Sussex by 1073... granted the advowson Advowson Advowson is the right in English law of a patron to present or appoint a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation. In effect this means the right to nominate a person to hold a church office in a parish... in the 12th century, and its Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone quarried in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England.It is one of many kinds of Purbeck Limestone, deposited in the late Jurassic or early Cretaceous periods.... font survives. The original dedication was to Saint Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee... . |
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Washington Washington, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Steyning and three miles east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of 1,276 hectares... 50.9044°N 0.4103°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Gordon Macdonald Hills altered the whole church, except the Norman north aisle and the 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic tower, in 1866–67. Good-quality stencil work on the interior, by Heaton and Butler Heaton, Butler and Bayne Heaton, Butler and Bayne is the name of an English firm who produced stained glass windows from 1855 onwards.-History:Clement Heaton originally founded his own stained glass firm in 1852, joined by James Butler in 1855. Between 1859-61 they worked alongside Clayton and Bell and were joined by... in about 1880, is now covered up. Sele Priory Sele Priory Sele Priory was a medieval monastic house in West Sussex, England.It was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126 and was dedicated to St Peter... held the church in the 11th century. |
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| St Mary's Church St Mary's Church, West Chiltington St Mary's Church is the Grade I listed Anglican parish church of West Chiltington, a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The 12th-century building, described as a "showpiece" and "the most attractive part" of the Wealden village, retains many features of historical and... |
West Chiltington West Chiltington West Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Storrington to Broadford Bridge road, 2.6 miles north of Storrington.The parish covers an area of 1733 hectares... 50.9542°N 0.4493°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Largely unrestored—except for a 12th-century doorway, poorly treated in the 19th century—this stone church has many wall paintings Mural A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of... , 13th- and 14th-century windows and an enormous hagioscope Hagioscope A hagioscope or squint, in architecture, is an opening through the wall of a church in an oblique direction, to enable the worshippers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the altar was not visible, to see the elevation of the host.Hagioscopes were also sometimes known as... . The nave and chancel are both aisled, and a shingle-clad bell turret with 17th-century timberwork sits on the roof. Also dating from that time is the king post King post A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:... ceiling. |
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| St George's Church | West Grinstead West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber... 50.9737°N 0.3337°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
A simple two-cell stone church topped by a visually dominant, although low, tower with a shingled "Sussex cap", West Grinstead's parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... is mostly 12th- and 13th-century but retains 11th-century blocked windows on one side of the nave Nave In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting... . There is some 14th-century stained glass, and more by Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe Charles Eamer Kempe was a well-known Victorian stained glass designer. After attending Twyford School, he studied for the priesthood at Pembroke College, Oxford, but it became clear that his severe stammer would be an impediment to preaching... in 1890 and 1892. The west-facing porch is timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... . |
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| Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis | West Grinstead West Grinstead West Grinstead is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the B2135 road four miles northwest from Henfield.It is within the ancient division of the Rape of Bramber... 50.9778°N 0.3246°W |
Roman Catholic | Benedictine Benedictine Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict... s and Jesuit Society of Jesus The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a... s maintained a Roman Catholic mission at this shrine to Our Lady Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee... during the post-Reformation English Reformation The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.... centuries when such worship was illegal. A French priest, Mgr Monsignor Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"... Jean-Marie Denis, founded a church next to it in 1875. Intended to be a "miniature French cathedral", the French French Gothic architecture French Gothic architecture is a style of architecture prevalent in France from 1140 until about 1500.-Sequence of Gothic styles: France:The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows:* Early Gothic* High Gothic... Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... flint and ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... building was designed by John Crawley. Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist... worshipped here and is buried in the churchyard. |
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Wiggonholt Wiggonholt Wiggonholt is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is southeast of Pulborough on the A283 road. The village consists of a farm, a few houses and a small Church of England parish church.... 50.9406°N 0.4925°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The chancel and nave of this simple 13th-century church have no arch to separate them, and the only exterior ornamentation is a small bell turret. James Powell and Sons James Powell and Sons The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers... ' stained glass Stained glass The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings... of 1859 (Jesus walking on water) has an unusual, "weirdly effective colour scheme". The entrance is in a porch on the south side. |
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Woodmancote Woodmancote, West Sussex Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, located 1 mile southeast of Henfield on the A281 road. It should not be confused with the other West Sussex village of Woodmancote near Chichester.... 50.9214°N 0.2498°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Henry Woodyer's restoration of 1868 gave the church its present Victorian appearance; only the original king post King post A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:... ceiling and a piscina Piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. Roman Catholics usually refer to the drain, and by extension, the basin, as the sacrarium... survive from the original 13th-century building, successor to the original 11th-century church. The plan consists of a chancel, aisleless nave, porch and bell turret. The 12th-century font has Sussex Marble Sussex Marble West Sussex has a good concentration of relatively thin layers of Sussex Marble within the Weald Clay, a freshwater limestone referred to as "marble" as it takes a polish. It is not a geologically described one as it has not been subject to metamorphosis... work. |
Closed or disused places of worship
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| Amberley Congregational Church | Amberley Amberley, West Sussex Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages... 50.9087°N 0.5371°W |
Congregational | This Congregational chapel closed in 1977 or 1978 after more than a century of religious use. The Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... building, of stone with dressings of red brick, has passed into commercial use. |
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| Ashington Methodist Church | Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares... 50.9342°N 0.3896°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
Centrally located in Ashington village and opened in 1894, this church—latterly part of the Downs Section of the Worthing Methodist Circuit Methodist Circuit The Methodist Circuit is part of the organisational structure of British Methodism,or at least those branches derived from the work of John Wesley. It is a group of individual Societies or local Churches under the care of one or more Methodist Ministers. In the scale of organisation, the Circuit... , along with the Storrington and Steyning chapels Steyning Methodist Church Steyning Methodist Church is a Methodist place of worship serving Steyning and surrounding villages in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Built for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation who had outgrown an earlier chapel nearby, the Gothic Revival building opened in 1878 and has since been... —closed in October 2010. It has lancet window Lancet window A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first... s with -tracery Tracery In architecture, Tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out.-Plate tracery:... and is built of flint and red brick. |
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| Barns Green Chapel | Barns Green Barns Green Barns Green is a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Billingshurst to Itchingfield road north of Billingshurst. It is noted for the annual half marathon race of the same name, held around the end of October or beginning of November.... 51.0303°N 0.3963°W |
Congregational | Members of the Congregational church in Horsham founded a mission chapel in this village in Itchingfield Itchingfield Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road southwest of Horsham.The main settlement in the parish is Barns Green.-References:... parish in 1865, and the present building was erected in 1912–13. The simple brick structure became a house after its closure in 1982. |
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| St Mary's Mission Chapel | Coolham Coolham Coolham is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the crossroads of the A272 and B2139 roads 2.8 miles southeast of Billingshurst... 50.9939°N 0.4052°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
This chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... to St Mary's Church at Shipley Shipley, West Sussex Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington.... was opened in 1898 to serve the villagers of Coolham, which was in Shipley parish. It closed in 1974 and was sold for residential conversion in 1977. |
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| Cootham Mission Church | Cootham Cootham Cootham is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road 0.9 miles west of Storrington.Cootham's population numbers around 200 and there is one public house named The Crown, parts of which date from 1555. As a well known coaching inn 'The Crown' had its own... 50.9202°N 0.4745°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Concerned by the rise in Nonconformism Nonconformism Nonconformity is the refusal to "conform" to, or follow, the governance and usages of the Church of England by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.- Origins and use:... in Cootham, neighbouring Storrington Storrington Storrington is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, and one of two in the civil parish of Storrington and Sullington. Storrington lies at the foot of the north side of the South Downs. As of 2006 the village has a population of around 4,600. It has one main shopping street... 's vicar commissioned architects Giles and Gave to design and build a mission chapel for the village. Services were held between 1875 and 1904 and again in the 1940s. The red-brick building, with an apse Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... , lancet window Lancet window A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first... s and a flèche Flèche A flèche is used in French architecture to refer to a spire and in English to refer to a lead-covered timber spire, or spirelet. These are placed on the ridges of church or cathedral roofs and are usually relatively small... , has been used as the village hall at other times. |
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| Pastor Mustow's Mission Hall | Cootham Cootham Cootham is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road 0.9 miles west of Storrington.Cootham's population numbers around 200 and there is one public house named The Crown, parts of which date from 1555. As a well known coaching inn 'The Crown' had its own... 50.9192°N 0.4743°W |
Independent | Nonconformist worship in Cootham was led by Pastor Robert Mustow, who converted Cootham Cottage into a chapel and Sunday school Sunday school Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in... . A second chapel (now demolished) was built in Storrington in 1909, but services stopped in the 1920s and the cottage reverted to residential use. |
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| Crabtree Bethel Chapel | Crabtree Crabtree, West Sussex Crabtree is a hamlet in the parish of Lower Beeding and in Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road 4.4 miles southeast of Horsham.-External links:*... 51.0139°N 0.2598°W |
Baptist | This hamlet Hamlet (place) A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village... in the parish of Lower Beeding Lower Beeding Lower Beeding is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the B2110, B2115 and A281 roads 3.5 miles southeast from Horsham... was given a Particular Baptist Strict Baptists Strict Baptists, also known as Particular Baptists, are Baptists who believe in a Calvinist or Reformed interpretation of Christian soteriology. The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their namesake from the doctrine of particular redemption.-Further reading:*History... chapel in 1835. It was used for worship until about 1896, and also served as a school. |
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| Shipley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel | Dragon's Green Dragon's Green Dragon's Green is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road 3.9 miles southeast of Billingshurst. It is home to the George and Dragon Pub.... 50.9999°N 0.3785°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyanism Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous... from London Road Methodist Church in Horsham founded a chapel to serve Shipley Shipley, West Sussex Shipley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A272 road six miles north east of Storrington.... and surrounding areas in the hamlet of Dragon's Green in 1880. Religious worship ceased in 1951 and the building was sold in 1953 for use as a Scout hut. |
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| St Francis' Church | Faygate Faygate Faygate is a hamlet in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A264 road 3.4 miles south west of Crawley. It has a railway station on the Arun Valley Line with trains connecting to London and Portsmouth. The village is in the green belt between Crawley and Horsham.The village... 51.0933°N 0.2624°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... /Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The trustees of Horsham's Methodist church founded this 100-capacity brick chapel in 1885, and local builder T. Denny erected it. It was shared with Anglicans from the 1930s, and when Methodist congregations became negligible in the 1960s the building was sold to the Diocese of Chichester Diocese of Chichester The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was created in 1075 to replace the old Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey from 681. The cathedral is Chichester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Chichester... , thereafter becoming the Anglican church of St Francis. It closed in 1979 and was converted into a house. |
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| Rehoboth Strict Baptist Chapel | Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... 50.9281°N 0.2753°W |
Baptist | Another corrugated iron Corrugated galvanised iron Corrugated galvanised iron is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised mild steel, cold-rolled to produce a linear corrugated pattern in them... former chapel was moved to Henfield from nearby Blackstone Blackstone, West Sussex Blackstone is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Woodmancote to Twineham road 1.7 miles east of Henfield. The hamlet forms part of Woodmancote civil parish.... . Despite "many vicissitudes" and the lack of a permanent minister, it served Strict Baptists Strict Baptists Strict Baptists, also known as Particular Baptists, are Baptists who believe in a Calvinist or Reformed interpretation of Christian soteriology. The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their namesake from the doctrine of particular redemption.-Further reading:*History... from 1897 until 1990, when it was sold after congregations declined. |
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| Nep Town Mission Chapel | Henfield Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012... 50.9281°N 0.2781°W |
Congregational | This small corrugated iron Corrugated galvanised iron Corrugated galvanised iron is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised mild steel, cold-rolled to produce a linear corrugated pattern in them... building, facing Nep Town Road in the Nep Town area of Henfield village, was associated with the Congregationalist cause when it was founded. In 1940 it joined the present Henfield Evangelical Free Church—itself a Congregational church at the time—and has since become a carpentry shop. |
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| St Mark's Church | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0630°N 0.3258°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Horsham's second church, after the ancient St Mary's parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... , was erected on land donated by Thomas Coppard in 1841. William Moseley's Early English-style building was replaced by William Habershon and Edgar Brock's stone church in 1870. It was extended in 1888, closed in the 1930s and reopened briefly in 1948 before its final closure. The spire and tower survive, but most of the building was demolished in 1989 for office development by Royal & Sun Alliance. |
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| Railway Mission Hall | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0640°N 0.3170°W |
Independent | Horsham's branch of the non-denominational Railway Mission Railway Mission The Railway Mission is a British mission devoted to the rail industry. It was founded in 1881 based in mission halls, and now operates a chaplaincy service. In the early days of the Railway Mission there were a number of mission halls at railway stations throughout the country, including one at... opened in 1896 in the Oakhill area of the town. It thrived for more than 100 years, but closed at the end of the 20th century and is now in commercial use. |
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| Primitive Methodist Chapel | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0694°N 0.3316°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
Several Primitive Methodist Primitive Methodism Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. The Primitive Methodist Church still exists in the United States.-Origins:... chapels were founded in the Horsham area in the late 19th century. This brick building on Rushams Road in the northwest of the town dates from 1885; it closed in the early 1920s. |
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| Salvation Army Citadel | Horsham Horsham Horsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester... 51.0624°N 0.3244°W |
Salvation Army The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries.... |
This building replaced the original Salvation Army place of worship on Springfield Road in 1969. The original citadel, formerly the town's National school National school (England and Wales) A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous... , dated from 1887. Religious and social activities moved to another new citadel in the early 21st century. |
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| Mannings Heath Wesleyan Chapel | Mannings Heath Mannings Heath Mannings Heath is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England, on the A281 a few miles south-east of the town of Horsham. It lies in the civil parish of Nuthurst.... 51.0467°N 0.2817°W |
Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother... |
This red-brick Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... chapel was in use between 1869 and 1973, and replaced an 1832 building which was Mannings Heath's first place of worship: the Anglican church was founded later. The trustees of London Road Methodist Church in Horsham established the original chapel. |
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| Maplehurst Congregational Mission Room | Maplehurst Maplehurst, West Sussex Maplehurst is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Copsale to Nuthurst road 3.8 miles south of Horsham. There is one pub, The White Horse, which is situated on Park Lane, just off Nuthurst Road.... 51.0131°N 0.3035°W |
United Reformed United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... |
Horsham Congregational Church founded this wayside red- and yellow-brick building as a Congregational chapel in the mid-1890s. Services had started a few years earlier in a small room in the village. It joined the United Reformed Church United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:... when that denomination was formed in 1972, but declining use led to its closure soon afterwards. |
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| Providence Congregational Chapel | Marehill Marehill Marehill is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road 0.6 miles east of Pulborough.... 50.9554°N 0.4868°W |
Congregational | Serving the east end of Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... , this stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... ed Classical-style Classical architecture Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance... building with arched windows was erected in 1845 for the Congregational community. It became redundant after a new church was opened in the centre of Pulborough, and was sold in 1947 for conversion into a shop. The building was refronted in 2002. |
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| St Mary the Virgin's Church St Mary the Virgin's Church, North Stoke North Stoke Church, rededicated in 2007 to St Mary the Virgin after its medieval dedication was unexpectedly rediscovered, is a former Church of England parish church in the riverside hamlet of North Stoke in the Horsham District of West Sussex... |
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North Stoke North Stoke, West Sussex North Stoke is a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is just over north of Arundel and south of Amberley railway station, and is at the end of a no through road from the station.... 50.8874°N 0.5514°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
The dedication of this unrestored, partly 11th-century church was rediscovered in 2007 after it was lost centuries earlier. Worship ceased in 1992, and the cruciform Cruciform Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross.- Cruciform architectural plan :This is a common description of Christian churches. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is more likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross,... stone building was placed in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust Churches Conservation Trust The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968... . The transept Transept For the periodical go to The Transept.A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture... s have excellent windows and date from about 1290, and medieval carvings abound. |
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| Jarvis Hall Jarvis Hall, Steyning Jarvis Hall is a former Nonconformist chapel in the village of Steyning, in the Horsham district of the English county of West Sussex. Since its construction in 1835, the Classical-style building has been used by four different Nonconformist Christian denominations: the Countess of Huntingdon's... |
Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8872°N 0.3251°W |
Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... |
Now in residential use, this Nonconformist Nonconformism Nonconformity is the refusal to "conform" to, or follow, the governance and usages of the Church of England by the Protestant Christians of England and Wales.- Origins and use:... chapel has housed four different congregations since its construction in 1835. Rev. Edward Lambert of Brighton Brighton Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain... founded it for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion is a small society of evangelical churches, founded in 1783 by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon as a result of the Evangelical Revival. For years it was strongly associated with the Calvinist Methodist movement of George Whitefield... , but the cause soon failed and Wesleyan Methodists bought it in 1843. The Salvation Army The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries.... used it for a time, then between 1907 and 1987 Plymouth Brethren Plymouth Brethren The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is... worshipped there. The simple Neoclassical Neoclassical architecture Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing... building has a stuccoed façade, four large pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s, arched windows and a pediment Pediment A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding... . The Methodist congregation moved into the new Steyning Methodist Church Steyning Methodist Church Steyning Methodist Church is a Methodist place of worship serving Steyning and surrounding villages in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. Built for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation who had outgrown an earlier chapel nearby, the Gothic Revival building opened in 1878 and has since been... in 1878. |
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| Penn's House | Steyning Steyning Steyning is a small town and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles north of Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8918°N 0.3323°W |
Quaker Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences... |
This 17th-century timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... brick and stone cottage became a Quaker meeting house in 1678 after a community developed there. William Penn William Penn William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful... preached there in 1695, and the house remained in Quaker ownership thereafter—although it passed out of and back into religious use several times. Services were briefly held as recently as the 1960s. |
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| Former Chapel at Toat Farm | Toat Farm, Pulborough Pulborough Pulborough is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England, with some 5,000 inhabitants. It is located almost centrally within West Sussex and is south west of London. It is at the junction of the north-south A29 and the east-west roads.The village is near the... 50.9869°N 0.5102°W |
(Unknown) | Now a farm building, this 18th-century ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... -built room was apparently founded as a chapel. Round-arched windows and a tiled roof survive, and there is a font Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:... inside. |
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| Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Warminghurst The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a former Anglican church in the hamlet of Warminghurst in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The present building, which is no longer used for worship, has 13th-century origins, but a church may... |
Warminghurst Warminghurst Warminghurst is a tiny village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Ashington to Heath Common road 2.4 miles northeast of Storrington.... 50.9403°N 0.4114°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
This 13th-century church, declared redundant Redundant church A redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world... in 1979 after an initial temporary closure in the 1920s, stands in a thinly populated part of Ashington Ashington, West Sussex Ashington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A24 road 3 miles northeast of Storrington.The parish has a land area of 805 hectares... parish on the site of an 11th-century predecessor. It belonged to St Andrew's Church in Steyning for many years, after a period of annexation to Fécamp Abbey Fécamp Abbey Fécamp Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Normandy, northern France.The abbey was the first producer of Bénédictine, a herbal liqueur, based on brandy.-First foundation:... . The simple single-cell building has sandstone Sandstone Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,... walls, a tiled roof with a spire-topped bell turret and some Decorated Gothic windows. |
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| Dependants Chapel | Warnham Warnham Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is some three kilometres north west of central Horsham to the west of the A24 road... 51.0864°N 0.3593°W |
Society of Dependants | The Society of Dependants , also known as Cokelers, were a tiny sect of Protestant Protestantism Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the... Dissenter Dissenter The term dissenter , labels one who disagrees in matters of opinion, belief, etc. In the social and religious history of England and Wales, however, it refers particularly to a member of a religious body who has, for one reason or another, separated from the Established Church.Originally, the term... s with links to Arminianism Arminianism Arminianism is a school of soteriological thought within Protestant Christianity based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic followers, the Remonstrants... , founded by John Sirgood John Sirgood John Sirgood was a Christian fundamentalist lay preacher, a London shoemaker, who founded the Society of Dependants in the 1850s. He had links with the Peculiar People a populist sect based in Southwark and founded by William Bridges, a Wesleyan lay preacher who had split from orthodox... and based mainly in West Sussex and Surrey. One of their chapels was founded in 1874 at Warnham. The arch-windowed red-bricj building remained in use until 1976, when a declining congregation resulted in the building's sale and residential conversion. |
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| Watersfield Baptist Chapel | Watersfield Watersfield Watersfield is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A29 road 3.1 miles southwest of Pulborough.... 50.9333°N 0.5581°W |
Baptist | This building has been converted into a house and has been altered. It dates from 1901 and was built of stone and red brick with round-arched windows and bargeboard Bargeboard Bargeboard is a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to give them strength and to mask, hide and protect the otherwise exposed end of the horizontal timbers or purlins of the roof to which they were attached... s to the gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... s. |
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| Watersfield Congregational Chapel | Watersfield Watersfield Watersfield is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A29 road 3.1 miles southwest of Pulborough.... 50.9323°N 0.5580°W |
Congregational | The graveyard at this red-brick chapel survives despite its conversion into a house. The building, which has round-arched windows, was erected in 1823. | |||
| St Mary's Church | Wiston Wiston, West Sussex Wiston is a scattered village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A283 road northwest of Steyning.The parish covers an area of... 50.8995°N 0.3584°W |
Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English... |
Gordon Macdonald Hills's restoration Victorian restoration Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria... of 1862 was criticised by Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture... , who noted that its original appearance was largely 14th-century—although a church stood on the remote site in the 11th century. Memorials include one to Thomas Shirley of Wiston House, which is now the only nearby building. Use of the church declined after the population shifted northwards from the 19th century, and the church was declared redundant Redundant church A redundant church is a church building that is no longer required for regular public worship. The phrase is particularly used to refer to former Anglican buildings in the United Kingdom, but may refer to any disused church building around the world... in 2007. |
See also
- Grade I listed buildings in West Sussex
- List of demolished places of worship in West Sussex