List of places of worship in Rother
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The district of Rother
, one of six local government districts
in the English county of East Sussex
, has more than 120 current and former places of worship. As of , 87 active churches and chapels serve the mostly rural area, and a further 38 former places of worship still stand but are no longer in religious use. The district's main urban centres—the Victorian
seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea
and the ancient inland towns of Battle
and Rye
—have many churches, some of considerable age. Others serve villages and hamlets scattered across the Weald
en hills and marshes of the district. Even small settlements have parish church
es serving the Church of England
, the country's state religion
. Roman Catholicism is less well established than in neighbouring West Sussex
, but Protestant
Nonconformist
denominations
have been prominent for centuries. Methodism
was especially popular in the area: many chapels were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, although some have since closed. The majority of the population is Christian, and a Buddhist
centre in Bexhill-on-Sea is the only non-Christian place of worship.
Dozens of buildings have been awarded listed status by English Heritage
in recognition of their architectural and historical interest. These range from the Saxon-era
parish churches in villages such as Beckley
and Guestling
to the Mediterranean-style Romanesque Revival
St Anthony of Padua Church in Rye, built in the 1920s. Likewise, chapels as simple as the cottage-like former Bethel Chapel in Robertsbridge
and as elaborate as the "rich and fruity" neighbouring United Reformed Church
have been listed.
Various administrative areas operated by the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the United Reformed Church, Baptists and Methodists cover churches in the district which are part of their denomination. These areas include diocese
s, archdeacon
ries, networks and circuits.
. It is one of five districts and boroughs
in the county; it shares its western boundary with the district of Wealden
, and surrounds the borough of Hastings
to the south. The neighbouring county of Kent
forms the northern and eastern border. The district is named after the River Rother, which enters the English Channel
at Rye. Approximately 90,000 people live in the district, of whom about half are residents of the largest town and administrative centre, Bexhill-on-Sea. The only other towns, both with ancient origins, are Rye and Battle. The rest of the district is mostly undulating High Wealden
countryside punctuated with small, historic villages.
Sussex—the Kingdom of the South Saxons
—was one of the last parts of England to be Christianised. It was isolated from other parts of the country because of the thick forest that covered it. When St Wilfrid
and his missionaries brought Christianity to the area in the 7th century, they arrived by sea. The new religion quickly spread; the longest established churches in the present Rother area are apparently St Peter's Church in Bexhill's old town and All Saints Church at Icklesham, both founded in 772 (but no 8th-century fabric remains at either location). Many more churches were built in the Saxon era, but most were either superseded by larger Norman
buildings between the 11th and 13th centuries—as at Sedlescombe and Whatlington—or substantially added to, as at Icklesham. Many places also gained their first church during this period, and the size and opulence of some (such as Ticehurst and Salehurst) reflect the area's iron-industry
wealth at the time. Nevertheless, some parishes were initially very large: for example, both Bodiam and Etchingham were served from Salehurst parish church
until their own churches were built in the 14th century.
By the 19th century, few villages lacked an Anglican church, and attention turned to restoring and reconstructing ancient buildings—although places such as Hurst Green, Netherfield, Staplecross and Telham did receive churches of their own, often built as chapels of ease
to distant parish churches. Some ancient churches still retain most of their medieval fabric and appearance, but churches such as Dallington, Northiam and Sedlescombe were so comprehensively rebuilt in the mid-19th century that they now have a largely Victorian appearance. (Wholesale restoration
of churches in the then-fashionable Gothic Revival style
was a common and much criticised practice during the Victorian era
.) In the 20th century, Anglican churches continued to be provided as residential development spread along the English Channel coast east of Hastings. Building styles varied: at Winchelsea Beach, old-fashioned brick, timber and tile-hanging were used in 1962; at Fairlight Cove, a square wooden box-like structure, intended to be both temporary and portable, has stood since 1970; in Camber, the 1956 replacement for a bombed-out chapel of ease
is in an old-fashioned early 20th-century style; and at Cliff End on Pett Level an unusual building was purchased and reused. The Admiralty
installed a Lifesaving Rocket Apparatus Station on the beach; in 1935 it was converted into the tiny St Nicholas' Church.
After the English Reformation
, Roman Catholic worship was illegal in England for nearly 250 years until 1791, and it grew slowly thereafter in comparison to West Sussex
, where many large estates were owned by gentry who secretly kept the faith over many generations. Ill-feeling towards Catholics apparently persisted well into the 19th century in Battle, where the 1886 Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Michael was set well back from the street (in the garden of its presbytery
) and does not have an ecclesiastical appearance. In the early 20th century, bolder architectural statements were made with the Gothic Revival
church at Bexhill-on-Sea and the elaborate Italian Romanesque-style church at Rye, both of which are listed buildings. Most of the other Roman Catholic churches in Rother district are simple mid-20th century buildings, sometimes with distinguishing architectural features such as a modernistic portico
-style entrance at Sidley, dalle de verre glass at Burwash and a Mediterranean-style blank-arcaded tower at Little Common.
Many Protestant
Nonconformist
denominations are represented by churches and chapels in the district—most prominently Methodism, whose chapels are found in many villages, although many have closed (Methodist worship has been in decline nationwide since the early 20th century). John Wesley
himself was a frequent visitor to the area, and the church he founded at Rye in 1789 was the administrative base of a vast Circuit
covering much of Sussex and Kent. His last ever outdoor sermon was preached beneath a tree near Winchelsea Methodist Chapel. Rye was a hotbed of Nonconformist worship: a religious census in 1676 found 300 Nonconformists in the town, more than 10 times as many as in the much larger parish of Salehurst, which had the next highest number. In 1847, chapels existed for Methodists, Presbyterians, Independents
, Baptists, Quakers and Unitarians; Congregationalists, the Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses also set up places of worship in the town later; and the Baptists split into several groups and have occupied five buildings over the years—all of which still stand.
, 85,428 people lived in Rother. Of these, 76.5% identified themselves as Christian, 0.64% were Muslim
, 0.15% were Jewish
, 0.18% were Buddhist
, 0.14% were Hindu
, 0.03% were Sikh
, 0.35% followed another religion, 13.91% claimed no religious affiliation and 8.1% did not state their religion. The proportion of Christians was higher than the 72.8% in England as a whole. Most other religions had much lower proportions of followers than in England overall—the corresponding national percentages were 3.1% for Islam, 1.11% for Hinduism, 0.67% for Sikhism, 0.52% for Judaism—but the proportion identifying with the "any other religion" category was higher than the national figure of 0.29%. Rother also had a lower proportion of people with no religious affiliation than average for England (14.59%).
, whose cathedral
is at Chichester
, and the Lewes and Hastings Archdeacon
ry—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 Flimwell
, Stonegate and Ticehurst
are in the Rural Deanery of Rotherfield. The Rural Deanery of Rye covers 23 churches in the district: Beckley
, Bodiam
, Brede
, Camber
, East Guldeford
, Ewhurst Green
, Fairlight
, Fairlight Cove, Guestling
, Icklesham
, Iden
, Northiam
, Peasmarsh
, Pett
, Pett Level, Playden
, Rye
, Rye Harbour
, Staplecross
, Udimore
, Westfield
, Winchelsea
and Winchelsea Beach
. Those at Brightling
, Burwash, Burwash Common, Dallington
, Etchingham
, Hurst Green
, Mountfield
, Netherfield, Robertsbridge
and Salehurst
are part of the Rural Deanery of Dallington. The Rural Deanery of Battle and Bexhill administers the churches at Ashburnham
, Battle
, Catsfield
, Crowhurst
, Penhurst
, Sedlescombe
, Telham and Whatlington
, the six churches in Bexhill-on-Sea and those in the suburbs of Little Common and Sidley.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, whose cathedral
is at Arundel
, administers the district's six Roman Catholic churches. The churches at Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Little Common, Northiam (Horn's Cross), Rye and Sidley are all part of St Leonards-on-Sea Deanery. Those at Little Common and Sidley are served as Mass Centres from St Mary Magdalene's Church in Bexhill-on-Sea.
The Hastings, Bexhill and Rye Methodist Circuit
, a 13-church administrative area, covers eight Methodist churches in Rother—at Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea (Christchurch, Little Common and Sackville Road), Brede (Trinity), Pett, Rye and Winchelsea.
The four United Reformed Church
es in the district, at Ashburnham, Bexhill-on-Sea, Robertsbridge
and Sedlescombe, are part of the West Kent and East Sussex Synod Area of the Church. This is a group of 32 churches within the Southern Synod region.
Of the five extant Baptist churches in the district, four are administratively part of the East Sussex Network of the South Eastern Baptist Association: the churches at Battle, Rye and Sidley, and Beulah Baptist Church in Bexhill-on-Sea. The Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel at Rye is affiliated with the Gospel Standard
movement.
has awarded listed status to more than 50 current and former church buildings in Rother. 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 40 Grade I-listed buildings, 75 with Grade II* status and 1,991 Grade II-listed buildings in Rother.
Rother
Rother is a local government district in East Sussex, England. The district is named after the River Rother which flows within its boundaries.-History:...
, one of six local government districts
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
in the English county of 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:...
, has more than 120 current and former places of worship. As of , 87 active churches and chapels serve the mostly rural area, and a further 38 former places of worship still stand but are no longer in religious use. The district's main urban centres—the 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...
seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000...
and the ancient inland towns of Battle
Battle, East Sussex
Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes...
and Rye
Rye, East Sussex
Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede...
—have many churches, some of considerable age. Others serve villages and hamlets scattered across 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...
en hills and marshes of the district. Even small settlements have 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....
es serving the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
, the country's state religion
State religion
A state religion is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state...
. Roman Catholicism is less well established than in neighbouring 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...
, but 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:...
denominations
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
have been prominent for centuries. Methodism
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...
was especially popular in the area: many chapels were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, although some have since closed. The majority of the population is Christian, and a 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...
centre in Bexhill-on-Sea is the only non-Christian place of worship.
Dozens of buildings have been awarded listed status by 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...
in recognition of their architectural and historical interest. These range from the Saxon-era
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...
parish churches in villages such as Beckley
Beckley, East Sussex
Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the B2088 minor road above the Rother Levels five miles northwest of Rye and ten miles from Hastings. The northern border follows the river Rother.-History:Beckley was part of the Wealden iron...
and Guestling
Guestling
Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett...
to the Mediterranean-style Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...
St Anthony of Padua Church in Rye, built in the 1920s. Likewise, chapels as simple as the cottage-like former Bethel Chapel in Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells...
and as elaborate as the "rich and fruity" neighbouring United Reformed Church
Robertsbridge United Reformed Church
Robertsbridge United Reformed Church is a United Reformed Church place of worship in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex...
have been listed.
Various administrative areas operated by the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the United Reformed Church, Baptists and Methodists cover churches in the district which are part of their denomination. These areas include diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
s, 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...
ries, networks and circuits.
Overview of the district and its places of worship
Rother district occupies about 200 square mile of the eastern part of the county of East SussexEast 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:...
. It is one of five districts and boroughs
Borough status in the United Kingdom
Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district...
in the county; it shares its western boundary with the district of Wealden
Wealden
For the stone, see Wealden GroupWealden is a local government district in East Sussex, England: its name comes from the Weald, the area of high land which occupies the centre of its area.-History:...
, and surrounds the borough of 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....
to the south. The neighbouring county of 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...
forms the northern and eastern border. The district is named after the River Rother, which enters the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
at Rye. Approximately 90,000 people live in the district, of whom about half are residents of the largest town and administrative centre, Bexhill-on-Sea. The only other towns, both with ancient origins, are Rye and Battle. The rest of the district is mostly undulating High Wealden
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...
countryside punctuated with small, historic villages.
Sussex—the Kingdom of the South Saxons
Kingdom of Sussex
The Kingdom of Sussex or Kingdom of the South Saxons was a Saxon colony and later independent kingdom of the Saxons, on the south coast of England. Its boundaries coincided in general with those of the earlier kingdom of the Regnenses and the later county of Sussex. A large part of its territory...
—was one of the last parts of England to be Christianised. It was isolated from other parts of the country because of the thick forest that covered it. When 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...
and his missionaries brought Christianity to the area in the 7th century, they arrived by sea. The new religion quickly spread; the longest established churches in the present Rother area are apparently St Peter's Church in Bexhill's old town and All Saints Church at Icklesham, both founded in 772 (but no 8th-century fabric remains at either location). Many more churches were built in the Saxon era, but most were either superseded by larger Norman
Norman architecture
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buildings between the 11th and 13th centuries—as at Sedlescombe and Whatlington—or substantially added to, as at Icklesham. Many places also gained their first church during this period, and the size and opulence of some (such as Ticehurst and Salehurst) reflect the area's iron-industry
Wealden iron industry
The Wealden iron industry was located in the Weald of south-eastern England. It was formerly an important industry, producing a large proportion of the bar iron made in England in the 16th century and most British cannon until about 1770. Ironmaking in the Weald used ironstone from various clay...
wealth at the time. Nevertheless, some parishes were initially very large: for example, both Bodiam and Etchingham were served from Salehurst 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....
until their own churches were built in the 14th century.
By the 19th century, few villages lacked an Anglican church, and attention turned to restoring and reconstructing ancient buildings—although places such as Hurst Green, Netherfield, Staplecross and Telham did receive churches of their own, often built as chapels 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 distant parish churches. Some ancient churches still retain most of their medieval fabric and appearance, but churches such as Dallington, Northiam and Sedlescombe were so comprehensively rebuilt in the mid-19th century that they now have a largely Victorian appearance. (Wholesale 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 churches in the then-fashionable Gothic Revival style
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
was a common and much criticised practice during 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...
.) In the 20th century, Anglican churches continued to be provided as residential development spread along the English Channel coast east of Hastings. Building styles varied: at Winchelsea Beach, old-fashioned brick, timber and tile-hanging were used in 1962; at Fairlight Cove, a square wooden box-like structure, intended to be both temporary and portable, has stood since 1970; in Camber, the 1956 replacement for a bombed-out 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....
is in an old-fashioned early 20th-century style; and at Cliff End on Pett Level an unusual building was purchased and reused. The Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
installed a Lifesaving Rocket Apparatus Station on the beach; in 1935 it was converted into the tiny St Nicholas' Church.
After 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....
, Roman Catholic worship was illegal in England for nearly 250 years until 1791, and it grew slowly thereafter in comparison to 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...
, where many large estates were owned by gentry who secretly kept the faith over many generations. Ill-feeling towards Catholics apparently persisted well into the 19th century in Battle, where the 1886 Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Michael was set well back from the street (in the garden of its presbytery
Rectory
A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
) and does not have an ecclesiastical appearance. In the early 20th century, bolder architectural statements were made with the Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
church at Bexhill-on-Sea and the elaborate Italian Romanesque-style church at Rye, both of which are listed buildings. Most of the other Roman Catholic churches in Rother district are simple mid-20th century buildings, sometimes with distinguishing architectural features such as a modernistic portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
-style entrance at Sidley, dalle de verre glass at Burwash and a Mediterranean-style blank-arcaded tower at Little Common.
Many 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:...
denominations are represented by churches and chapels in the district—most prominently Methodism, whose chapels are found in many villages, although many have closed (Methodist worship has been in decline nationwide since the early 20th century). John Wesley
John Wesley
John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
himself was a frequent visitor to the area, and the church he founded at Rye in 1789 was the administrative base of a vast 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...
covering much of Sussex and Kent. His last ever outdoor sermon was preached beneath a tree near Winchelsea Methodist Chapel. Rye was a hotbed of Nonconformist worship: a religious census in 1676 found 300 Nonconformists in the town, more than 10 times as many as in the much larger parish of Salehurst, which had the next highest number. In 1847, chapels existed for Methodists, Presbyterians, Independents
Independent (religion)
In English church history, Independents advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider geographical hierarchy, either ecclesiastical or political...
, Baptists, Quakers and Unitarians; Congregationalists, the Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses also set up places of worship in the town later; and the Baptists split into several groups and have occupied five buildings over the years—all of which still stand.
Religious affiliation
According to the 2001 United Kingdom CensusCensus in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 and in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in 1921; simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with...
, 85,428 people lived in Rother. Of these, 76.5% identified themselves as Christian, 0.64% were Muslim
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, 0.15% were Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, 0.18% 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...
, 0.14% 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...
, 0.03% were Sikh
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
, 0.35% followed another religion, 13.91% claimed no religious affiliation and 8.1% did not state their religion. The proportion of Christians was higher than the 72.8% in England as a whole. Most other religions had much lower proportions of followers than in England overall—the corresponding national percentages were 3.1% for Islam, 1.11% for Hinduism, 0.67% for Sikhism, 0.52% for Judaism—but the proportion identifying with the "any other religion" category was higher than the national figure of 0.29%. Rother also had a lower proportion of people with no religious affiliation than average for England (14.59%).
Administration
All Anglican churches in Rother 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 Lewes and Hastings 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—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 Flimwell
Flimwell
The village of Flimwell is in the Rother District of East Sussex, in the civil parish of Ticehurst. It is located about two miles from the village of Ticehurst, close to the border with Kent...
, Stonegate and Ticehurst
Ticehurst
Ticehurst is both a village and a large civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the River Teise before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing to the south-east...
are in the Rural Deanery of Rotherfield. The Rural Deanery of Rye covers 23 churches in the district: Beckley
Beckley, East Sussex
Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the B2088 minor road above the Rother Levels five miles northwest of Rye and ten miles from Hastings. The northern border follows the river Rother.-History:Beckley was part of the Wealden iron...
, Bodiam
Bodiam
Bodiam is a small village and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the valley of the River Rother near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green. It is home to Bodiam Castle, a small range of houses, a pub opposite Bodiam Castle, and a restaurant...
, Brede
Brede, East Sussex
Brede is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles north of Hastings and four miles west of Rye...
, Camber
Camber, East Sussex
Camber is a village and civil parish in the English county of East Sussex, three miles south-east of Rye. The village is located behind the sand dunes that occupy the estuary of the River Rother, where the seaside settlement of Camber Sands is situated.The village of Camber takes its name from...
, East Guldeford
East Guldeford
East Guldeford is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile east of Rye on the A259 road. The parish is controlled by a parish meeting....
, Ewhurst Green
Ewhurst, East Sussex
Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross...
, Fairlight
Fairlight, East Sussex
Fairlight is a village in East Sussex, England within Rother district, three miles to the east of Hastings. Fairlight is also the name of the civil parish forming part of the Rother district which includes the villages of Fairlight and Fairlight Cove.The village of Fairlight lies on a minor road...
, Fairlight Cove, Guestling
Guestling
Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett...
, Icklesham
Icklesham
Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located about six miles east of Hastings, on the main A259 Hastings to Rye road....
, Iden
Iden
For other uses of the word, see Iden The Iden was an English automobile manufactured from 1904 until 1907. Designed by George Iden, formerly of Daimler, they were four-cylinder 10/17 hp and 25/35 hp shaft-driven cars; each came with "Idens's frictionless radial gearbox"....
, Northiam
Northiam
Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.-Governance:The lowest level of...
, Peasmarsh
Peasmarsh
For other uses of Peasmarsh see Peasmarsh Peasmarsh is a village and civil parish in East Sussex in England. It is located on the A268 road between Rye and Beckley, some three miles north-west of Rye....
, Pett
Pett
Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay....
, Pett Level, Playden
Playden
Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile north-west of Rye. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book; it is a largely rural parish, having no village centre, and the hamlet of Houghton Green is included in the parish...
, Rye
Rye
Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...
, Rye Harbour
Rye Harbour
Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham. Rye Harbour is located some two miles downstream of the town of Rye....
, Staplecross
Ewhurst, East Sussex
Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross...
, Udimore
Udimore
Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Rye on the B2089 road to Brede....
, Westfield
Westfield, East Sussex
Known as Westewelle in the Domesday survey, Westfield in the Rother District of East Sussex is one of the largest villages in the area with a population of around 2,750. The village lies five miles north of Hastings. Carr-Taylor Vineyards is local. There is still a village shop, newsagents,...
, Winchelsea
Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a small village in East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles south west of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings...
and Winchelsea Beach
Winchelsea Beach
Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village in the parish of Icklesham in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about ten miles east of Hastings, and about 1.5 miles south east of Winchelsea....
. Those at Brightling
Brightling
Brightling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the Weald eight miles north-west of Battle and four miles west of Robertsbridge....
, Burwash, Burwash Common, Dallington
Dallington, East Sussex
Dallington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles west of Battle and five miles east of Hailsham.-Governance:...
, Etchingham
Etchingham
Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District in East Sussex, southern England. The village is approximately twelve miles north-west of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21....
, Hurst Green
Hurst Green, East Sussex
Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located on the A21 road, thirteen miles north of Hastings....
, Mountfield
Mountfield, East Sussex
Mountfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex three miles north-west of Battle. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book....
, Netherfield, Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells...
and Salehurst
Salehurst
Salehurst is a village in the Rother District of East Sussex, England, within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It lies immediately to the north-east of the larger village of Robertsbridge, on a minor road; it is approximately thirteen miles north of Hastings, just east of the A21...
are part of the Rural Deanery of Dallington. The Rural Deanery of Battle and Bexhill administers the churches at Ashburnham
Ashburnham and Penhurst
Ashburnham and Penhurst are civil parishes in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, situated to the west of Battle. The two parishes share a joint parish council which also covers the settlements of Brownbread Street, Ponts Green and Ashburnham Forge...
, Battle
Battle, East Sussex
Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes...
, Catsfield
Catsfield
Catsfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located six miles north of Bexhill, and three miles southwest of Battle. The village once consisted of two manors: Catsfield and Catsfield Levett...
, Crowhurst
Crowhurst, East Sussex
Crowhurst is an isolated village situated five miles north-west of Hastings in East Sussex. It has a parish council and is located within the Rother District Council.-History:...
, Penhurst
Ashburnham and Penhurst
Ashburnham and Penhurst are civil parishes in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, situated to the west of Battle. The two parishes share a joint parish council which also covers the settlements of Brownbread Street, Ponts Green and Ashburnham Forge...
, Sedlescombe
Sedlescombe
Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north of Hastings.The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Brede and its tributary the River Line flow through it; and Powdermill Reservoir is...
, Telham and Whatlington
Whatlington
Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located seven miles north of Hastings, just off the A21 road....
, the six churches in Bexhill-on-Sea and those in the suburbs of Little Common and Sidley.
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 six Roman Catholic churches. The churches at Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea, Little Common, Northiam (Horn's Cross), Rye and Sidley are all part of St Leonards-on-Sea Deanery. Those at Little Common and Sidley are served as Mass Centres from St Mary Magdalene's Church in Bexhill-on-Sea.
The Hastings, Bexhill and Rye 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...
, a 13-church administrative area, covers eight Methodist churches in Rother—at Battle, Bexhill-on-Sea (Christchurch, Little Common and Sackville Road), Brede (Trinity), Pett, Rye and Winchelsea.
The four 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:...
es in the district, at Ashburnham, Bexhill-on-Sea, Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge United Reformed Church
Robertsbridge United Reformed Church is a United Reformed Church place of worship in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex...
and Sedlescombe, are part of the West Kent and East Sussex Synod Area of the Church. This is a group of 32 churches within the Southern Synod region.
Of the five extant Baptist churches in the district, four are administratively part of the East Sussex Network of the South Eastern Baptist Association: the churches at Battle, Rye and Sidley, and Beulah Baptist Church in Bexhill-on-Sea. The Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel at Rye is affiliated with the Gospel Standard
Gospel Standard
The Gospel Standard is a Strict Baptist magazine first published in 1835 by John Gadsby. The current editor is Benjamin Ashworth Ramsbottom....
movement.
Listed status
English HeritageEnglish 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 more than 50 current and former church buildings in Rother. 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
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, 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 40 Grade I-listed buildings, 75 with Grade II* status and 1,991 Grade II-listed buildings in Rother.
Open places of worship
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| St Peter's Church | Ashburnham 50.9057°N 0.4016°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The Earls of Ashburnham Earl of Ashburnham The title Baron Ashburnham , of Ashburnham in the County of Sussex, was created in the Peerage of England in 1689 for John Ashburnham, grandson of the John Ashburnham who assisted King Charles I to escape from Oxford and Hampton Court Palace... built Ashburnham Place Ashburnham Place Ashburnham Place is an English country house, now used as a Christian conference and prayer centre. It can be found five miles west of Battle in East Sussex... and this church on their estate in the 15th century. Only the castellated Battlement A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet , in which portions have been cut out at intervals to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles. These cut-out portions form crenels... Perpendicular Gothic tower survives from that era: the 1st Baron Ashburnham's John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from... wholesale rebuilding of 1665, in 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,... to harmonise with the other buildings, gave the church its present appearance. |
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| St Mary the Virgin Church | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9151°N 0.4885°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Founded by an abbot from the adjacent abbey Battle Abbey Battle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St... early in the 12th century, Battle's large church was extensively rebuilt in the next three centuries in the Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic styles. The main feature of the "really splendid church" is its long five-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:... 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... . |
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| Zion Chapel | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9183°N 0.4843°W |
Baptist | The town's first Baptist chapel (Vidler's Chapel) was built in 1798. Some members seceded in 1820 and founded their own chapel next door; it survives, unlike its predecessor. A 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 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... three-window façade, with 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... , 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 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, contrasts with the red-brick side walls. |
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| Kingdom Hall | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9160°N 0.4858°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... |
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| Battle Methodist Church | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9114°N 0.4922°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... |
Erected in 1826, this stucco-clad building has changed little since, except for the addition of a porch in 1887. There is a central 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... flanked and topped by decorative finial Finial The finial is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed decoratively to emphasize the apex of a gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. Smaller finials can be used as a decorative ornament on the ends of curtain rods... s, and the windows are set in pointed arches. The church is in the Hastings, Bexhill and Rye 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... . |
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| Church of Our Lady Immaculate and St Michael | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9182°N 0.4841°W |
Roman Catholic | Battle's Roman Catholic church was founded in 1882 by the 5th Earl of Ashburnham and built in 1886, probably to the Earl's own design. It hides behind the priest's house and is attached to a terrace of cottages. The red-brick building is Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival architecture Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture... /Italianate Italianate architecture The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and... in style. |
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| All Saints Church | Beckley Beckley, East Sussex Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the B2088 minor road above the Rother Levels five miles northwest of Rye and ten miles from Hastings. The northern border follows the river Rother.-History:Beckley was part of the Wealden iron... 50.9835°N 0.6239°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The "dominant" tower is partly 11th-century and has herringbone masonry Herringbone pattern The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement.The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms... typical of 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... . Aisles were built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and a south-side chapel was among many additions during the Victorian era. 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... roof has dormer Dormer A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often... windows. |
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| St Peter's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8460°N 0.4789°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
King Offa's Offa of Mercia Offa was the King of Mercia from 757 until his death in July 796. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æthelbald after defeating the other claimant Beornred. In the early years of Offa's reign it is likely... charter records the founding of a 40 by 20 ft (12.2 by 6.1 m) church on this site on 15 August 772. The only remaining 8th-century feature is a preserved 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... lid; the low, stocky tower of the late 11th century is the oldest part. Victorian 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... replaced the 13th-century chancel and added two bays to the nave. |
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| St Barnabas' Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8394°N 0.4775°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
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 this large Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... flint church in 1890–91. Side aisles were added 17 years later, and Leslie Moore built a Lady chapel Lady chapel A Lady chapel, also called Mary chapel or Marian chapel, is a traditional English term for a chapel inside a cathedral, basilica, or large church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary... on the south side in 1939. The interior is brick-built. The land was donated by the 7th Earl de la Warr. |
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| St Andrew's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8401°N 0.4682°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
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 St Barnabas' Church, this cobbled flint Flint Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and... and stone church was built in 1899–1900 to Joseph Wall's design. Extensions were built in 1912, 1955 and 1971. The arcaded interior is of red brick. |
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| St Michael and All Angels Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8470°N 0.4966°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This brick-built church, with a "pretty" tile-hung pyramidal spire, has served the Pebsham area in the east of the town since its consecration in October 1933. The foundation stone Cornerstone The cornerstone concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or... of John B. Mendham's Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church was laid in 1929. The congregation funded and built a church hall in 1961. |
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| St Stephen's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8496°N 0.4618°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The "Church on the Down" was designed by prolific local architect Henry Ward Henry Ward (architect) Henry Ward ARIBA was the architect of many large public buildings in and around Hastings, East Sussex, some of which are listed buildings.-Biography:... in 1898 and opened in 1900. It succeeded a mission hut at the foot of the hill, erected in 1885 by the incumbent at St Peter's Church. The tower, which lacks its planned spire, is Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... , but the rest of the brick building is Early English. |
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| Christchurch Methodist Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8517°N 0.4755°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... |
Also known as Springfield Road Methodist Church, this superseded a small chapel at Haddocks Hill (1873–1920). The land was bought to prevent a pub being built on the site. Henry Harper designed the church in 1906, and services commenced in March 1907. It is Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... in style, of red-brick with decorative pinnacles and gables. |
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| Sackville Road Methodist Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8395°N 0.4701°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... |
Christchurch was originally 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:... church; the Sackville Road building, completed in 1896, served Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain) The Wesleyan Methodist Church was the name used by the major Methodist movement in Great Britain following its split from the Church of England after the death of John Wesley and the appearance of parallel Methodist movements... . The adjacent Parkhurst Hall, finished in 1892, served as a temporary chapel until the red-brick Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church, designed by W.W. Pocock William Wilmer Pocock William Wilmer Pocock was a British architect.- Buildings:Pocock was responsible for the design of, among others:* the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London* the Worshipful Company of Carpenters in the City of London... , was opened in July 1896. |
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| Living Word Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8442°N 0.4612°W |
Assemblies of God Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination... |
A place of worship has stood here since 1898, but the present brick and roughcast building (replacing the original corrugated iron structure) dates from 1949 and 1957. Under the name Hamilton Hall, it was used by 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... for many years, but it now an Assemblies of God Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination... Pentecostal church. |
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| Beulah Baptist Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8420°N 0.4740°W |
Baptist | The Baptist cause came late to Bexhill: attempts by the church in 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.... to establish a congregation faltered in the 1870s, and only when Charles Spurgeon Charles Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a large British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers"... 's widow became involved was progress made. She bought land on Clifford Road, commissioned Resta Moore to design a church and brought in the first pastor, who served for 30 years. Moore's Early English red-brick building of 1896–97 has a corner tower. |
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| Maitreya Buddhist Centre | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8408°N 0.4774°W |
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... |
This venue opened in December 2005 in the centre of Bexhill, and offers meditation, courses relating to Buddhism and worship facilities. It follows the Kadampa tradition. | |||
| St Paul's Free Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8393°N 0.4632°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:... |
Now home to a Reformed Reformed churches The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin... 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... Evangelical congregation, but originally associated with the Free Church of England Free Church of England The Free Church of England is an Anglican church which separated from the established Church of England in the course of the 19th century. The church was founded by evangelical clergy and congregations in response to the rise of Anglo-Catholicism. The first congregations were formed in 1844... , this church reopened in April 1963 after work was carried out to enlarge and improve the original timber church of 1924 and its attached hall. R. Burstow of St Leonards-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea is part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, lying immediately to the west of the centre. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19th century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off; it also included a central public garden, a... was the architect. |
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| Kingdom Hall | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8408°N 0.4677°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... |
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| Friends Meeting House | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8385°N 0.4732°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... |
The catalyst for the founding of a Friends meeting house in Bexhill was a bus strike in 1957 which prevented local Quakers travelling to Eastbourne Eastbourne Eastbourne is a large town and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England between Brighton and Hastings. The town is situated at the eastern end of the chalk South Downs alongside the high cliff at Beachy Head... or Hastings. A house was used for worship at first, but the congregation acquired land on Albert Road in 1965 and the brick meeting house was completed in November of that year. |
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| St Mary Magdalene's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8414°N 0.4780°W |
Roman Catholic | Arthur Young's design for Bexhill's Roman Catholic church, completed in 1907, uses Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic themes. The castellated tower is prominent, and the large stone building has side aisles 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. Contemporary reports described it as "practically a copy of Alfriston Church". A small chapel had been opened on the site in July 1893. |
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| Bexhill Christian Spiritualist Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8421°N 0.4686°W |
Spiritualist Spiritualism Spiritualism is a belief system or religion, postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living... |
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| St George's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8403°N 0.4842°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 was originally a Presbyterian English Presbyterianism Presbyterianism in England is distinct from Continental and Scottish forms of Presbyterianism. Whereas in Scotland, church government is based on a meeting of delegates, in England the individual congregation is the primary body of government... church; the cause was associated with St Columba's Church in St Leonards-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea St Leonards-on-Sea is part of Hastings, East Sussex, England, lying immediately to the west of the centre. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19th century as a new town: a place of elegant houses designed for the well-off; it also included a central public garden, a... . Some members of its congregation moved to Bexhill and started meeting at a building in Station Road. The 8th Earl de la Warr provided land on Cantelupe Road, and G.H. Gray's Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... flint and stone church opened in 1901. |
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| St Giles' Church | Bodiam Bodiam Bodiam is a small village and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the valley of the River Rother near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green. It is home to Bodiam Castle, a small range of houses, a pub opposite Bodiam Castle, and a restaurant... 51.0074°N 0.5392°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This mostly 14th-century church is almost hidden in a wooded area north of the village and its castle Bodiam Castle Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War... . Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style.-Family:... undertook a thorough restoration in 1845–46, but the original Early English chancel and Perpendicular Gothic tower remain. Prominent exterior features include a steep catslide aisle roof and a 19th-century porch. |
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| St George's Church | Brede Brede, East Sussex Brede is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles north of Hastings and four miles west of Rye... 50.9349°N 0.5964°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Monks from 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 Normandy founded a church on this site in 1180, but little 12th-century fabric remains: over the next 300 years north and south aisles, a new chancel and a battlemented tower were added, and the present appearance is entirely Perpendicular Gothic. The intricate 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:... of the east window has continental European influences. |
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| St Thomas a Becket's Church | Brightling Brightling Brightling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the Weald eight miles north-west of Battle and four miles west of Robertsbridge.... 50.9639°N 0.3961°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This 13th-century church is famous for the gigantic pyramid in its churchyard: it houses the remains of the eccentric Squire of Brightling "Mad Jack" Fuller John 'Mad Jack' Fuller John Fuller , better known as "Mad Jack" Fuller , was Squire of the hamlet of Brightling, in Sussex , and is well known as a builder of follies, and as a philanthropist, patron of the arts and sciences, and a supporter of slavery... . The church is an Early English structure with a short castellated tower, Decorated Gothic windows and a mid-18th century 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. |
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| Trinity Methodist Church | Broad Oak, Brede Brede, East Sussex Brede is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles north of Hastings and four miles west of Rye... 50.9487°N 0.6016°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 Early English-style chapel, built in 1855 for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation, replaced an earlier place of worship opened in 1833. It is surrounded by a burial ground with gravestones dating back to 1845. The façade has 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... and pointed-arched windows and is 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. The roof has slate tiles. |
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| St Bartholomew's Church | Burwash 50.9977°N 0.3887°W |
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The thick-walled tower survives from the original church, built in 1090. Most of the structure was reconstructed in 1856: the chancel was completely renewed, although its 13th-century arch survives. In the sout aisle, a 14th-century cast-iron memorial slab is the oldest in England; Burwash was a centre of the Wealden iron industry Wealden iron industry The Wealden iron industry was located in the Weald of south-eastern England. It was formerly an important industry, producing a large proportion of the bar iron made in England in the 16th century and most British cannon until about 1770. Ironmaking in the Weald used ironstone from various clay... . |
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| Church of Christ the King | Burwash 50.9975°N 0.3814°W |
Roman Catholic | A Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Joseph stood outside the village from 1887 until 1989; in about 1968, the small brick and concrete Church of Christ the King was built in a more central position. The "modest" structure has an apsidal Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... sanctuary and dalle de verre windows designed at Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Dedicated to Saint Mary, it was founded in 1018 and run by the Cistercian order from 1147 until it was destroyed under the Dissolution of the Monasteries... . |
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| St Philip's Church | Burwash Common 50.9889°N 0.3350°W |
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Described as "a serious job" by 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... , this stone church dates from 1867 and was designed by the partnership of William Slater and Richard Herbert 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... . It was their only newly built church, but they were prolific church restorers. There are 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, a bellcote Bell-Cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote, is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells, supported on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches which have no towers. It often holds the Sanctus bell rung at the Consecration.... and a vaulted apse Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... . |
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| St Thomas the Apostle's Church | Camber Camber, East Sussex Camber is a village and civil parish in the English county of East Sussex, three miles south-east of Rye. The village is located behind the sand dunes that occupy the estuary of the River Rother, where the seaside settlement of Camber Sands is situated.The village of Camber takes its name from... 50.9366°N 0.7948°W |
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In 1944, a flying bomb demolished the 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 East Guldeford church which had served the small seaside resort Seaside resort A seaside resort is a resort, or resort town, located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.- Overview :... of Camber since 1906. The new church, a "nice and neat", early 20th-century style brick building with weatherboarding Weatherboarding Weatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another, either vertically or horizontally on the outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides... and tile-hanging, was designed by L. Keir Hett. Many fittings were retrieved from the old church. |
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| St Laurence's Church | Catsfield Catsfield Catsfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located six miles north of Bexhill, and three miles southwest of Battle. The village once consisted of two manors: Catsfield and Catsfield Levett... 50.8939°N 0.4565°W |
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Catsfield's "humble" and ancient Anglican church, outside the village next to 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... , contrasts with the centrally placed former Methodist church, whose huge spire dominates the village. St Laurence's nave is 10th- and 11th-century, with early Norman herringbone masonry Herringbone pattern The herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement.The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms... , but the north aisle is an 1845 addition by Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style.-Family:... . |
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| St Nicholas' Church | Cliff End, Pett Pett Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay.... 50.8894°N 0.6869°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This tiny building was erected by the Admiralty Admiralty The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy... at this coastal location as a Lifesaving Rocket Apparatus Station-a safety device intended to rescue shipwrecked sailors. It was bought by 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... and opened as a church on 26 April 1935. The whitewashed structure has a timber porch dating from 1959. |
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| St Augustine's Church | Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8373°N 0.4558°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
William H. Randoll Blacking's red-brick, Free-style Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church was extended between 1960 and 1963 by H. Hubbard Ford and consecrated in May 1963. It occupies a spacious site surrounded by houses built for retired clergy, erected in 1957. John Skelton John Skelton (sculptor) John Skelton MBE was the nephew of Eric Gill and was also noted as an important letterer and sculptor after initially being apprenticed to his uncle shortly before Eric Gill's death... provided a sculpture of St Augustine which stands in a niche above the door. |
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| St George's Church | Crowhurst Crowhurst, East Sussex Crowhurst is an isolated village situated five miles north-west of Hastings in East Sussex. It has a parish council and is located within the Rother District Council.-History:... 50.8838°N 0.4969°W |
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William Milford Teulon, brother of the better-known architect 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... , redesigned the church in a 13th-/14th-century Gothic 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.... style in 1856, but the short, substantial 15th-century tower and its Perpendicular Gothic window remain. A yew tree Taxus Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m... in the churchyard is apparently the oldest and largest in Sussex. |
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| Crowhurst Chapel | Crowhurst Crowhurst, East Sussex Crowhurst is an isolated village situated five miles north-west of Hastings in East Sussex. It has a parish council and is located within the Rother District Council.-History:... 50.8787°N 0.4993°W |
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... |
This red-brick 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 chapel was built in 1884 for a Wesleyan Methodist congregation. It was still in use by Methodists until the early 21st century, but now houses a Pentecostal group called the Crowhurst Chapel Fellowship. |
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| St Giles' Church | Dallington Dallington, East Sussex Dallington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles west of Battle and five miles east of Hailsham.-Governance:... 50.9471°N 0.3586°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The original dedication was to St Margaret; the change apparently came in the 17th century. As at Crowhurst, a mid 19th-century Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... nave and chancel has been matched to a 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic tower. The original building, of which nothing survives, was 13th-century. The stone spire is one of three in Sussex. |
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| St Mary's Church | East Guldeford East Guldeford East Guldeford is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile east of Rye on the A259 road. The parish is controlled by a parish meeting.... 50.9609°N 0.7567°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
A church of unusual design—more in common with 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... ish churches than those of Sussex, and with a double 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... giving a "hunchback appearance"—this was founded in 1499 and consecrated six years later. There is no chancel arch: an elaborate roof beam marks the division between nave and chancel instead. The windows have an early 19th-century appearance. |
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| Church of the Assumption and St Nicolas | Etchingham Etchingham Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District in East Sussex, southern England. The village is approximately twelve miles north-west of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21.... 51.0096°N 0.4413°W |
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Largely unaltered since the 1360s, when it was built in the Decorated style to a French architect's design, Etchingham's "large and proud" parish church has a central tower and a tall interior. The nave is short and has a high clerestory Clerestory Clerestory is an architectural term that historically denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows. In modern usage, clerestory refers to any high windows... ; the chancel is somewhat longer and has windows with elaborate 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 James's Church | Ewhurst Green Ewhurst, East Sussex Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross... 50.9925°N 0.5572°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The ironstone Ironstone Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely... tower, with an "ungainly" two-pitched, sugarloaf Sugarloaf A sugarloaf was the traditional form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process that saw the dark molasses-rich raw sugar, which had been imported from... -shaped spire which looks twisted from some angles, is 12th-century, but most other parts of this ridge-top church are two centuries newer. 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 made higher at that time, and the 14th-century king post King post A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:... roof survives. |
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| St Andrew's Church | Fairlight Fairlight, East Sussex Fairlight is a village in East Sussex, England within Rother district, three miles to the east of Hastings. Fairlight is also the name of the civil parish forming part of the Rother district which includes the villages of Fairlight and Fairlight Cove.The village of Fairlight lies on a minor road... 50.8769°N 0.6425°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
London-based architect Thomas Little's only Sussex church, built in 1845, replaced a smaller building on the same site. The tall square buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... ed tower, whose top is 618 feet (188.4 m) above sea level in this clifftop village, is a landmark for ships. The church is Early English Gothic Revival in style with paired 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 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... . |
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| St Peter's Church | Fairlight Cove Fairlight, East Sussex Fairlight is a village in East Sussex, England within Rother district, three miles to the east of Hastings. Fairlight is also the name of the civil parish forming part of the Rother district which includes the villages of Fairlight and Fairlight Cove.The village of Fairlight lies on a minor road... 50.8779°N 0.6630°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Serving the seaside village of Fairlight Cove, this modest timber-built square structure was erected in 1970 at the request of residents and the Sussex Churches Campaign. A cross on the roof identifies its ecclesiastical purpose. | |||
| St Augustine of Canterbury's Church | Flimwell Flimwell The village of Flimwell is in the Rother District of East Sussex, in the civil parish of Ticehurst. It is located about two miles from the village of Ticehurst, close to the border with Kent... 51.0514°N 0.4592°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Decimus Burton Decimus Burton Decimus Burton was a prolific English architect and garden designer, He is particularly associated with projects in the classical style in London parks, including buildings at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and London Zoo, and with the layout and architecture of the seaside towns of Fleetwood and... 's stone church of 1839 was extended in 1879, when 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... was added. The Perpendicular Gothic Revival building has a spire-topped tower at one end, 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 in the nave, 19th-century tiled murals and a hammerbeam roof Hammerbeam roof Hammerbeam roof, in architecture, is the name given to an open timber roof, typical of English Gothic architecture, using short beams projecting from the wall.- Design :... . |
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| Beckley Full Gospel Mission | Four Oaks, Beckley Beckley, East Sussex Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the B2088 minor road above the Rother Levels five miles northwest of Rye and ten miles from Hastings. The northern border follows the river Rother.-History:Beckley was part of the Wealden iron... 50.9838°N 0.6516°W |
Assemblies of God Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination... |
This building houses as Assemblies of God Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination... 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... congregation and holds several services a week. |
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| St Laurence's Church | Guestling Green Guestling Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett... 50.9000°N 0.6375°W |
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This isolated church took shape between the 11th and 14th centuries, but the interior had to be restored in 1890 because of fire damage. An entrance porch was added to the tower around this time. Aisles were added to the nave in the 12th and 14th centuries; the older north aisle has a contemporary side-chapel with intricately carved arches. | |||
| St Theresa of Lisieux Church | Horns Cross, Northiam Northiam Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.-Governance:The lowest level of... 50.9657°N 0.5961°W |
Roman Catholic | Writer and Roman Catholic convert Sheila Kaye-Smith Sheila Kaye-Smith Sheila Kaye-Smith was an English writer, known for her many novels set in the borderlands of Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition... , who lived here, gave the land for the church, which was built in the Vernacular style 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... in 1935. It has flat-arched windows and a red-brick porch. Inside is a "delightful carved stone relief" by Joseph Cribb Joseph Cribb Joseph Cribb was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1892, and became Eric Gill's assistant at the age of 14. The following year he started an official five year apprenticeship with Gill. He became a well-known sculptor in his own right, after Gill left Ditchling for Wales in 1924... of The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic was an art colony and experiment in communal life in early 20th century England. The story of the Guild began when Eric Gill the sculptor and letter cutter came to Ditchling, Sussex in 1907 with his apprentice Joseph Cribb and was soon followed by fellow... . |
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| Holy Trinity Church | Hurst Green Hurst Green, East Sussex Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located on the A21 road, thirteen miles north of Hastings.... 51.0202°N 0.4691°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This red-brick church lacks a tower or steeple; instead there is a two-stage bellcote Bell-Cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote, is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells, supported on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches which have no towers. It often holds the Sanctus bell rung at the Consecration.... at the west end of the roof. The Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... building by Lacy W. Ridge also has some stone dressings, one 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... and 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 | Icklesham Icklesham Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located about six miles east of Hastings, on the main A259 Hastings to Rye road.... 50.9171°N 0.6739°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
A large, "surprisingly grand", "interesting" and ancient church at the edge of a long village, All Saints has Saxon Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of... origins and retains much 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... fabric. Alongside the long chancel is a substantial chapel dedicated to St Nicholas Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker... . 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... undertook light restoration in the 19th century. |
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| All Saints Church | Iden Iden, East Sussex Iden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located two miles north of Rye.... 50.9813°N 0.7275°W |
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Extensions to the Norman church took place between the 13th and 15th centuries, giving the building a Perpendicular Gothic appearance. The original south aisle has been lost, but the blocked arcade remains; a former priest's door, also blocked, is traceable on the outside wall. The prominent tower has a stair-turret and a single window from the Norman era. | |||
| St Mark's Church | Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8458°N 0.4372°W |
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A Martello tower Martello tower Martello towers are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards.... at Bulverhythe Bulverhythe West Marina Redirects here. For the former rail station see St Leonards West Marina or for the current station see West St Leonards Station.Bulverhythe, also known as West St Leonards, Bo Peep, Filsham, West Marina, or Harley Shute, is a suburb of Hastings, East Sussex, England with its Esplanade... was demolished in 1842, and rubble from it was used to build St Mark's Church on a site given by the owner of Battle Abbey Battle Abbey Battle Abbey is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the scene of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St... . Henry Woodyer added 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 1857 and a south aisle in 1883; another was built on the north side in 1962. The stone building 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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| Little Common Methodist Church | Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8444°N 0.4348°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... |
Turf Chapel (1837)—the original Methodist chapel in this area of Bexhill—and another chapel on Chandler Road were sold to fund the purchase of a new site for a larger church in 1915. After a hiatus caused by World War I, construction started in 1926 and the new church opened in July of that year. C.F. Callow's red-brick building was augmented by a church hall in 1953 and an extension in 1964. | |||
| St Martha's Church | Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8433°N 0.4342°W |
Roman Catholic | Founded in 1939 and finished in 1940, Little Common's Roman Catholic church is a red-brick structure whose distinctive west-end façade combines a Mediterranean-style Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival architecture Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture... tower with a low timber cap-style spire in the Sussex Vernacular style 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... . Local architect Marshall Wood was responsible. |
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| All Saints Church | Mountfield Mountfield, East Sussex Mountfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex three miles north-west of Battle. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book.... 50.9558°N 0.4686°W |
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Dominated by a sturdy, heavily buttressed tower with a low-set 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.... , this Early English church retains some Norman-era fabric: there has been a church on this site since the 12th century. Some medieval 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... survive, although badly faded. The timber entrance porch on the south side was added in the 14th century. A lychgate Lychgate A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.-Name:... was erected in 1912. |
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| St John's Church | Netherfield Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9404°N 0.4513°W |
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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... designed this church in 1859 to serve the hamlet of Netherfield in Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... parish. It is an Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... stone building "without any of Teulon's perversities": the architect was a controversial and idiosyncratic exponent of the Gothic Revival style. He also designed the 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... and 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.... —the latter a "spiky" and distinctive piece. |
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| St Mary's Church | Northiam Northiam Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.-Governance:The lowest level of... 50.9910°N 0.6063°W |
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Surrounded by ancient walls and cottages, this church is somewhat hidden behind its tall spire-topped tower, which is the oldest surviving part and retains Norman (and possibly Saxon) work. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1836, and in 1845-46 a large chapel-cum-mausoleum Mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the... was added by Sydney Smirke Sydney Smirke Sydney Smirke, architect, was born in London, England, the younger brother of Sir Robert Smirke, also an architect. Their father, also Robert Smirke, had been a well-known 18th Century painter.Sydney Smirke's works include:... for the Frewen family. |
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| St Peter and St Paul's Church | Peasmarsh Peasmarsh For other uses of Peasmarsh see Peasmarsh Peasmarsh is a village and civil parish in East Sussex in England. It is located on the A268 road between Rye and Beckley, some three miles north-west of Rye.... 50.9615°N 0.6862°W |
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Standing about a mile from its village—leading to claims that the settlement moved away from its original position for reasons such as the Black Death Black Death The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. Of several competing theories, the dominant explanation for the Black Death is the plague theory, which attributes the outbreak to the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Thought to have... or the marshiness of the surrounding land—this 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... church had aisles added in the Early English style later. The Transitional Norman tower dates from 1170. |
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| St Michael's Church | Penhurst 50.9236°N 0.4093°W |
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Only modest restoration has taken place at this isolated church, part of a centuries-old group with the neighbouring 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... and farm. The tower, with a large window and a pyramidal cap, is Perpendicular Gothic. The interior fittings are of high quality; some date back to the 15th century. |
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| St Mary and St Peter's Church | Pett Pett Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay.... 50.8944°N 0.6616°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 Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... stone church of 1864 replaced an older building on the site. The building, which cost £2,000, was dismissed as "dull" by 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... , who also commented on the "curious" treatment of the tower: its shape gradually changes from square to octagonal. |
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| Pett Methodist Chapel | Pett Pett Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay.... 50.8947°N 0.6576°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... |
Built as the Mount Calvary Bible Christian Bible Christian Church The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O’Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.-Early history:... Chapel in 1848, this red-brick building still serves Methodists as part of the Hastings, Bexhill and Rye 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... . It sits in a small graveyard, reduced in size by an extension built in 1956. The façade has a porch, three 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:... and 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... . |
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| St Michael's Church | Playden Playden Playden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located one mile north-west of Rye. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book; it is a largely rural parish, having no village centre, and the hamlet of Houghton Green is included in the parish... 50.9625°N 0.7331°W |
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Dominated by its axial tower (placed between the nave and chancel) with a very tall, "elegant" 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 later addition—this church is almost exclusively early 13th-century. The spire requires intricate internal timber framing 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... to support it; similarly, distinctive triangular buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... es provide structural support to the aisles. |
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| Ashburnham Chapel | Ponts Green, Ashburnham 50.9166°N 0.3879°W |
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This red-brick building dates from 1866. When the former Congregational chapel between Dallington and Ashburnham was closed, it was converted into a chapel for that denomination. It is now a United Reformed church. | |||
| Robertsbridge Mission Room | Robertsbridge Robertsbridge Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells... 50.9857°N 0.4754°W |
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Robertsbridge, the largest village in Salehurst Salehurst Salehurst is a village in the Rother District of East Sussex, England, within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It lies immediately to the north-east of the larger village of Robertsbridge, on a minor road; it is approximately thirteen miles north of Hastings, just east of the A21... parish, lacked its own Anglican place of worship until 1904, when this "featureless brick building" was erected. Its exterior is now painted with whitewash. Construction cost £1,420. |
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| Robertsbridge United Reformed Church Robertsbridge United Reformed Church Robertsbridge United Reformed Church is a United Reformed Church place of worship in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex... |
Robertsbridge Robertsbridge Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells... 50.9856°N 0.4747°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:... |
"Rich and fruity", "truly horrible", "most dissolute" and "very Victorian Victorian architecture The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and... " are among the descriptions of Thomas Elworthy's chapel of 1881, which stands out among ancient 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... buildings in the village centre. When some Congregationalists seceded Secession Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. Threats of secession also can be a strategy for achieving more limited goals.-Secession theory:... from the local Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Rev. Charles New of Robertson Street Chapel in Hastings founded this chapel for them; the two churches maintained links for many years. |
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| St Mary's Church | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9501°N 0.7342°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
This large 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,... building, founded by monks from 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:... , has considerable Norman work 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... dating from its main period of construction (1150-1180). Side chapels were added in the 13th century. French raiders caused much damage in 1377, and other changes were made in the 17th century and the 1880s. |
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| Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9551°N 0.7359°W |
Baptist | This distinctive 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—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, with the name inscribed above the porch—retains the appearance it had in 1858, when it was built. Charlotte Smith, the wife of a former Mayor of Rye, founded it after experiencing a spiritual conversion. |
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| Rye Baptist Church | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9519°N 0.7321°W |
Baptist | Baptists who formerly worshipped at the former chapel on Mermaid Street Rye Particular Baptist Chapel Rye Particular Baptist Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in Rye, an ancient hilltop town in Rother, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. Built in the 18th century on the site of a decaying Quaker meeting house, it served Baptists in the town... and the Independent Chapel on Landgate moved to this new Perpendicular Gothic Revival building on Cinque Ports Street. It is mostly stone-built, and was founded on 25 May 1909. |
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| Kingdom Hall | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9471°N 0.7353°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... |
Jehovah's Witnesses first worshipped in Rye in the 1950s. They moved their meeting place from Eagle Road to its present site on Rye Harbour Road in the 1970s, and later built a new Kingdom Hall on the same site. Congregations typically exceed 100. | |||
| Rye Methodist Church | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9498°N 0.7349°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... |
John Wesley John Wesley John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield... founded Rye's first Methodist chapel in 1789. Altered in 1814 and again in 1852 (in Renaissance Revival style, it was destroyed by World War II bombs. The adjacent Sunday School of 1901 survived and was converted into a new church, which opened in August 1954. |
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| St Anthony of Padua's Church | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9492°N 0.7329°W |
Roman Catholic | St Walburga's Church, a red-brick church of 1900, was rededicated and redesigned in 1927–29 by John B. Mendham as an "unusual ... self-conscious essay in early Lombardic Lombards The Lombards , also referred to as Longobards, were a Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin, who from 568 to 774 ruled a Kingdom in Italy... Romanesque Romanesque Revival architecture Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture... . The lower stage of the façade is an arched loggia Loggia Loggia is the name given to an architectural feature, originally of Minoan design. They are often a gallery or corridor at ground level, sometimes higher, on the facade of a building and open to the air on one side, where it is supported by columns or pierced openings in the wall... , and there is a gable and bell-tower above. An octagonal dome at the rear is visible from the east. The church is served by members of the adjacent Friary Conventual Franciscans The Order of Friars Minor Conventual , commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, is a branch of the order of Catholic Friars founded by Francis of Assisi in 1209.-History:... . |
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| Church of the Holy Spirit | Rye Harbour Rye Harbour Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham. Rye Harbour is located some two miles downstream of the town of Rye.... 50.9388°N 0.7568°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... architect 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... designed this church in 1848–49 and was responsible for some of its interior fittings. C. Spooner extended it in 1912. It is Early English in style, with an apsidal Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... end, 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 an octagonal tower with a porch in the base. The Mary Stanford Lifeboat Mary Stanford Lifeboat The Mary Stanford Lifeboat was a vessel which capsized in Rye Harbour in 1928.The disaster was the worst for many years. It occurred on 15 November 1928 when the whole of the 17 man crew of the Mary Stanford Lifeboat were drowned, practically the whole male fishing population of the small town of... disaster of 1928 is commemorated by a memorial. |
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| St Mary the Virgin Church | Salehurst Salehurst Salehurst is a village in the Rother District of East Sussex, England, within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It lies immediately to the north-east of the larger village of Robertsbridge, on a minor road; it is approximately thirteen miles north of Hastings, just east of the A21... 50.9910°N 0.4912°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The size of this church in relation to the modest hamlet it serves reflects its founding by the monks of nearby Robertsbridge Abbey Robertsbridge Abbey Robertsbridge Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England. It was founded in 1176 by the Abbot, Robert de St Martin. The abbey was dissolved in 1538.-External links:*... and the enormous parish it originally served: places as distant as Bodiam Bodiam Bodiam is a small village and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the valley of the River Rother near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green. It is home to Bodiam Castle, a small range of houses, a pub opposite Bodiam Castle, and a restaurant... and Etchingham Etchingham Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District in East Sussex, southern England. The village is approximately twelve miles north-west of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21.... were apparently within Salehurst's control. The building dates from about 1250, although there is a mid 14th-century timber-framed porch. The tall tower is supported by buttresses. |
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| St John the Baptist's Church | Sedlescombe Sedlescombe Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north of Hastings.The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Brede and its tributary the River Line flow through it; and Powdermill Reservoir is... 50.9413°N 0.5281°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The present building may be the third on the site, at the north end of the village: a timber Saxon church is believed to have existed before the Norman building which was almost totally replaced between the 15th and 19th centuries (extensive 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... took place between 1866 and 1874). |
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| Sedlescombe United Reformed Church | Sedlescombe Sedlescombe Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north of Hastings.The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Brede and its tributary the River Line flow through it; and Powdermill Reservoir is... 50.9277°N 0.5368°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:... |
Attributed to local architect Henry Ward Henry Ward (architect) Henry Ward ARIBA was the architect of many large public buildings in and around Hastings, East Sussex, some of which are listed buildings.-Biography:... and built in 1879 as a Congregational chapel, this was founded by Rev. Charles New of the Robertson Street church in Hastings—the first of several he established in the surrounding villages. John Catt built the red-brick and terracotta chapel, which has a large rose window Rose window A Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery... . |
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| All Saints Church | Sidley Sidley, East Sussex Sidley is a village on the outskirts of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Its governance falls within the jurisdiction of the Charter Trustees town of Bexhill. It is also a ward of Rother district council.It is home to 2 primary schools.... 50.8565°N 0.4679°W |
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Both T.E.C. and G.E.S Streatfield contributed to Sidley's parish church: the former designed 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... , which opened for worship in October 1909, and the latter added the chancel and stocky tower between 1927 and 1930. The style is Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... with Arts and Crafts Arts and Crafts movement Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s... elements. It 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... of 1885. |
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| Sidley Baptist Church | Sidley Sidley, East Sussex Sidley is a village on the outskirts of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Its governance falls within the jurisdiction of the Charter Trustees town of Bexhill. It is also a ward of Rother district council.It is home to 2 primary schools.... 50.8573°N 0.4708°W |
Baptist | The present building dates from 1956, but Beulah Baptist Church founded a chapel in Sidley in 1907 in a former Methodist chapel. A new 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... , Haddon Hall, superseded this in 1913. W. Howell Lewis's new church, next to the 1913 building, opened in February 1957. |
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| Our Lady of the Rosary Church | Sidley Sidley, East Sussex Sidley is a village on the outskirts of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Its governance falls within the jurisdiction of the Charter Trustees town of Bexhill. It is also a ward of Rother district council.It is home to 2 primary schools.... 50.8589°N 0.4625°W |
Roman Catholic | Fr Geoffrey Smith, a local priest, and architect Alex Watson designed this brown-brick church in the 1950s to serve the growing Sidley suburb. The land was donated by a wealthy resident. A large 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... at the front, resembling a broken 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... , is held on four equally spaced piers Pier (architecture) In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. Sections of wall between openings function as piers. The simplest cross section of the pier is square, or rectangular, although other shapes are also common, such as the richly articulated piers of Donato... . It opened in 1954. |
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| St Mark's Church | Staplecross Ewhurst, East Sussex Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross... 50.9743°N 0.5397°W |
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An "unpretentious mission church" to St James's Church at Ewhurst Green, this red-brick building was opened on 24 May 1894. The land had been donated by Thomas Chester Daws in 1873, but work did not begin until 1891. 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 and a bellcote Bell-Cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote, is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells, supported on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches which have no towers. It often holds the Sanctus bell rung at the Consecration.... with a bell installed in 2009. |
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| St Peter's Church | Stonegate 51.0303°N 0.3748°W |
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George Courthorpe founded the village's original church in 1838; this now forms the chancel of the present building, an Early English Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... design with Arts and Crafts Arts and Crafts movement Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s... elements and a large, distinctive tower with weatherboarding Weatherboarding Weatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another, either vertically or horizontally on the outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides... , timber framing 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... , a small spire and a clock. G.E.S. Streatfield executed the design in 1904. |
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| Church of the Ascension | Telham Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9008°N 0.5188°W |
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Within the parish of Battle, this Anglican church was built alongside the Battle–Hastings road in the hamlet of Telham in 1876. It is a red-brick Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... structure in the Early English style, with a miniature spire on the roof. |
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| St Mary's Church St Mary's Church, Ticehurst St Mary's Church is a 14th-century parish church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin in Ticehurst, East Sussex, England. Part of the Diocese of Chichester, the church has grade II* listed building status.-External links:*... |
Ticehurst Ticehurst Ticehurst is both a village and a large civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the River Teise before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing to the south-east... 51.0454°N 0.4078°W |
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Ticehurst was a centre of the Wealden iron industry Wealden iron industry The Wealden iron industry was located in the Weald of south-eastern England. It was formerly an important industry, producing a large proportion of the bar iron made in England in the 16th century and most British cannon until about 1770. Ironmaking in the Weald used ironstone from various clay... by the 14th century, when this large, prominently situated church was built. It is set in an extensive churchyard with gravestones dating back to the 17th century. The spire-topped tower has a large internal arch, and various medieval fittings survive inside. |
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| St Mary's Church | Udimore Udimore Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Rye on the B2089 road to Brede.... 50.9400°N 0.6509°W |
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The nave of this isolated church, serving a tiny hamlet, is 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... ; parts may be 11th-century. It originally had 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:... , but a third was added slightly later at the west end. A south aisle was also built later, but it has now disappeared, leaving traces of its arcade on the wall. The tower is low and heavily buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... ed. |
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| St John the Baptist's Church | Westfield Westfield, East Sussex Known as Westewelle in the Domesday survey, Westfield in the Rother District of East Sussex is one of the largest villages in the area with a population of around 2,750. The village lies five miles north of Hastings. Carr-Taylor Vineyards is local. There is still a village shop, newsagents,... 50.9080°N 0.5729°W |
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"Beautifully proportioned" despite the large number 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 supporting the nave and tower walls, this 12th-century church stands at the southern entrance to the large village of Westfield. 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 were added to the chancel in the 13th century, and Victorian architect C.E. Davis built a north aisle in 1860. |
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| Sanctuary of Christ the Holy Redeemer | Westfield Westfield, East Sussex Known as Westewelle in the Domesday survey, Westfield in the Rother District of East Sussex is one of the largest villages in the area with a population of around 2,750. The village lies five miles north of Hastings. Carr-Taylor Vineyards is local. There is still a village shop, newsagents,... 50.9193°N 0.5778°W |
Non-denominational | As well as offering two public services each week, this venue offers counselling, healing, a large baptistery Baptistery In Christian architecture the baptistry or baptistery is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. The baptistry may be incorporated within the body of a church or cathedral and be provided with an altar as a chapel... with free-flowing water, guest accommodation and a rehabilitation room. |
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Whatlington Whatlington Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located seven miles north of Hastings, just off the A21 road.... 50.9366°N 0.5043°W |
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This small, "odd-looking" Early English church had a spire-topped tower and apse Apse In architecture, the apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome... -ended 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.... added in 1862, replacing the original tower at the west end. The rest of the building is mostly 13th-century; a Saxon church on the site may have been destroyed when the Battle of Hastings Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II... took place nearby. A fire in July 2010 wrecked the building. |
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| St Thomas the Martyr's Church | Winchelsea Winchelsea Winchelsea is a small village in East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles south west of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings... 50.9242°N 0.7092°W |
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Built in the 13th century on a gigantic scale, the church was "the finest example of the Decorated style in Sussex"; but in the 1360s it was partly destroyed by invaders from France, and the present building consists of the original chancel only. A large tower, possibly intended as a watch-tower, was demolished in 1790. The large windows have modern 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... . |
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| St Richard's Church | Winchelsea Beach Winchelsea Beach Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village in the parish of Icklesham in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about ten miles east of Hastings, and about 1.5 miles south east of Winchelsea.... 50.9155°N 0.7240°W |
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Phyllis Biddle, a former missionary, funded this new church in the seaside resort Seaside resort A seaside resort is a resort, or resort town, located on the coast. Where a beach is the primary focus for tourists, it may be called a beach resort.- Overview :... of Winchelsea Beach. It was built in 1962, mostly of red brick; other architectural features include elm Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the plant family Ulmaceae. The dozens of species are found in temperate and tropical-montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ranging southward into Indonesia. Elms are components of many kinds of natural forests... weatherboarding, a tower with panelled piers Pier (architecture) In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. Sections of wall between openings function as piers. The simplest cross section of the pier is square, or rectangular, although other shapes are also common, such as the richly articulated piers of Donato... and a Rhenish Helm-style Rhineland Historically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe.... cap, and a tiled roof. |
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| Ashburnham Congregational Chapel | Ashburnham 50.9321°N 0.3734°W |
Congregational | Standing on a remote lane between Dallington and Ashburnham, 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... two-storey cottage-style building dates from about 1849. It has red and grey brickwork, a three-window range and a 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... of slate. A side wall has two arched windows. It became a house after its closure in 1964. |
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| Battle Congregational Church | Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... 50.9170°N 0.4843°W |
Congregational | Standing on the High Street and now in commercial use, this Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by 1881 by prolific local architect Thomas Elworthy. It was one of several 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:... chapels in Battle in the 19th century. The walls are of red brick with some terracotta. |
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| Beckley Methodist Chapel | Beckley Beckley, East Sussex Beckley is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located on the B2088 minor road above the Rother Levels five miles northwest of Rye and ten miles from Hastings. The northern border follows the river Rother.-History:Beckley was part of the Wealden iron... 50.9852°N 0.6368°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... |
A Wesleyan chapel existed here in 1814, according to census records, but this red-brick building dates from 1840. It has a gabled porch and 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 the interior was galleried. It was still open in 1999, but the former congregation has now joined Trinity Methodist Church at Broad Oak. |
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| Mission Church of the Good Shepherd | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8459°N 0.4686°W |
Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
The Malet Memorial Hall (1912–13, commemorating Edward Malet Edward Malet Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, 4th Baronet, PC, GCMG, GCB was a British diplomat.Edward Malet came from a family of diplomats; his father was Sir Alexander Malet, British minister to Württemberg and later to the German Confederation. After three years at Eton College, Edward Malet entered the foreign... ) occupied the ground floor of this building; upstairs was the small mission church, which replaced a hut nearby. It has Tudor Revival elements. It opened in 1913 and survived until after 1971. |
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| Belle Hill Methodist Chapel | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8464°N 0.4718°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 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... arch-windowed building, with 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 walls and an entrance porch, was erected in 1825 for the town's first Wesleyan Methodists. Ministers travelled from Hastings. It closed in 1938, its congregation joined Christchurch Methodist Church, and a nursery school was later opened in the premises. |
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| London Road Citadel | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8443°N 0.4692°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 Salvation Army founded a corps in Bexhill in 1892. For the next 22 years, they worshipped in various buildings and sometimes outdoors, but in 1914 they built a permanent place of worship on London Road. Former Mayor Viscount Hyde laid the first stone. The last service was held on 24 September 2006. | |||
| St John's Church | Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000... 50.8419°N 0.4694°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:... |
Henry Ward Henry Ward (architect) Henry Ward ARIBA was the architect of many large public buildings in and around Hastings, East Sussex, some of which are listed buildings.-Biography:... designed this red-brick and stone Perpendicular Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... church in 1897. It closed in 2007 and worshippers moved to St George's Church. Demolition was threatened, but in 2009 the building was saved, with the intention of converting it into a youth centre. |
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| Providence Strict Baptist Chapel | Burwash 50.9970°N 0.3853°W |
Baptist | Founded in 1829 and completed the following year, this red-brick building was used for 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... worship until 1944, after which it was converted into a house. Members of an earlier, long-closed Baptist chapel in the village founded the chapel at Shover's Green Shover's Green Baptist Chapel Shover's Green Baptist Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in the hamlet of Shover's Green in East Sussex, England. Shover's Green is in Wealden, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex, and stands on the road between the market town of Wadhurst... . |
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| Catsfield Methodist Church | Catsfield Catsfield Catsfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located six miles north of Bexhill, and three miles southwest of Battle. The village once consisted of two manors: Catsfield and Catsfield Levett... 50.8970°N 0.4515°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... |
Henry Blackman's distinctive Early English/Perpendicular Gothic Revival church of 1912 has a "disproportionately tall" spire on top of its tower, which also has an elaborately vaulted porch in its lower stage. Blackman paid for its construction himself at a cost of £4,000; the church is a memorial to his parents. Falling congregations made it unviable in the 1990s, and it was converted for residential use around the end of that decade. | |||
| Bethlehem Strict Baptist Chapel | Dallington Dallington, East Sussex Dallington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles west of Battle and five miles east of Hailsham.-Governance:... 50.9504°N 0.3820°W |
Baptist | This small weatherboarded Weatherboarding Weatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another, either vertically or horizontally on the outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides... and 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... chapel, which closed after 1988 and is now in residential use, is outside the village on the Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... –Heathfield Heathfield, East Sussex Heathfield is a small market town, and the principal settlement in the civil parish of Heathfield and Waldron in the Wealden District of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, England.-Location:... road. The roof has slate tiles. The cause was founded in a house in 1851. |
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| Dallington Calvinistic Methodist Chapel | Dallington Dallington, East Sussex Dallington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located eight miles west of Battle and five miles east of Hailsham.-Governance:... 50.9512°N 0.3532°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... |
Also on the Battle Battle, East Sussex Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes... –Heathfield Heathfield, East Sussex Heathfield is a small market town, and the principal settlement in the civil parish of Heathfield and Waldron in the Wealden District of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, England.-Location:... road, at Carrick's Hill in the west of the parish, the "Chapel in the Valley" was in use until 1989, when it was sold for residential conversion. It is a wooden structure with 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. |
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| Etchingham Methodist Chapel | Etchingham Etchingham Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District in East Sussex, southern England. The village is approximately twelve miles north-west of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21.... 51.0088°N 0.4376°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 has been altered substantially since its conversion into a house, but for most of the 20th century it served Methodists in Etchingham village. The red-brick chapel was completed in 1900. | |||
| Ewhurst Congregational Chapel | Ewhurst Green Ewhurst, East Sussex Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross... 50.9928°N 0.5558°W |
Congregational | Now a pair of cottages, this building was constructed in the 18th century as a single house. In 1895, half the building became a chapel. The walls are a combination of brick 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... . There is a three-window range; a new window and some buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... es were inserted in place of the chapel's door. |
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| Providence Strict Baptist Chapel | Flimwell Flimwell The village of Flimwell is in the Rother District of East Sussex, in the civil parish of Ticehurst. It is located about two miles from the village of Ticehurst, close to the border with Kent... 51.0550°N 0.4401°W |
Baptist | The first chapel in this village was an 1820s weatherboarded structure attached to a shop. The present chapel, closed in the 1970s, dates from 1902 and has a three-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... façade with a porch below and a date-stone above. The first service was held on 11 November 1902. |
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| Guestling Gospel Hall | Guestling Guestling Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett... 50.8921°N 0.6358°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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| Hollingrove Congregational Chapel | Hollingrove Brightling Brightling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the Weald eight miles north-west of Battle and four miles west of Robertsbridge.... 50.9625°N 0.4073°W |
Congregational | This chapel was erected on a site next to a thatched-roofed cottage (subsequently demolished) in the hamlet of Hollingrove in Brightling Brightling Brightling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the Weald eight miles north-west of Battle and four miles west of Robertsbridge.... parish. By the 1980s it had been sold and converted into a house. |
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| Church of Our Lady Help of Christians | Hurst Green Hurst Green, East Sussex Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located on the A21 road, thirteen miles north of Hastings.... 51.0175°N 0.4676°W |
Roman Catholic | Francis Pollen, who later designed the church at Worth Abbey Worth Abbey The Abbey of Our Lady, Help of Christians, commonly known as Worth Abbey, is a community of Roman Catholic monks who follow the Rule of St Benedict near Turners Hill village, in West Sussex, England.... , was commissioned in 1959 to provide this church. The site was donated by Lord Longford Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford KG, PC , known as the Lord Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician, author, and social reformer... . The Modernist polygonal building was closed in 2008 after suffering structural defects. Villagers have attempted to turn the empty church into a shop or community facility. |
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| Iden Methodist Church | Iden Iden, East Sussex Iden is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located two miles north of Rye.... 50.9817°N 0.7314°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 village's first Wesleyan Methodist chapel was destroyed by bombing in World War II. This new chapel stood in a more central location, and was used until the 1960s. | |||
| Mountfield Methodist Chapel | Mountfield Mountfield, East Sussex Mountfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex three miles north-west of Battle. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book.... 50.9513°N 0.4793°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... |
Built in 1894 and open for worship until 1970, this Free-style red-brick chapel is distinguished by its crow-stepped gable Crow-stepped gable A Stepped gable, Crow-stepped gable, or Corbie step is a stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building... . The façade has a porch and some stonework. After its closure it was sold for residential conversion. |
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| Northiam Wesleyan Chapel | Northiam Northiam Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.-Governance:The lowest level of... 50.9943°N 0.5997°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 façade of this 1814 chapel has been completely changed since its conversion to a combined commercial and residential in 1974: its arched windows and doorway have been lost. The 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... and its oval date-stone survive, though. The side walls are partly tile-hung. |
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| Northiam Unitarian Chapel | Northiam Northiam Northiam is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located thirteen miles north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The main road that passes through it is the A28 which goes to Canterbury and Hastings.-Governance:The lowest level of... 50.9957°N 0.5976°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.... |
William Vidler, founder of a Baptist chapel at Battle, extended his influence to Northiam in 1795 when a timber-framed structure was turned into a chapel. It collapsed 15 years later, and the present building (closed in the early 21st century) was erected on the site. The mansard-roofed Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... red-brick building 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 and an arched entrance. It became 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.... early in the 19th century. |
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| Peasmarsh Methodist Chapel | Peasmarsh Peasmarsh For other uses of Peasmarsh see Peasmarsh Peasmarsh is a village and civil parish in East Sussex in England. It is located on the A268 road between Rye and Beckley, some three miles north-west of Rye.... 50.9736°N 0.6879°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... |
A chapel of 1842 was replaced in 1900 by this Early English Gothic Revival building of red brick with some stonework. | |||
| Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Robertsbridge Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel is a former place of worship for Strict Baptists in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex... |
Robertsbridge Robertsbridge Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells... 50.9861°N 0.4748°W |
Baptist | Nearly hidden from the High Street by other buildings, this "quaint old chapel" was founded by James Weller—a "somewhat remarkable man" who preached at chapels in Smarden Smarden Smarden is a civil parish and village, west of Ashford in Kent, South East England.The village has The Church of St. Michael which because of its high scissor beam roof is sometimes known as "The Barn of Kent".... (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... ) and Burwash before founding this place of worship in 1842. The first service was in January 1843. It became aligned to the Gospel Standard Gospel Standard The Gospel Standard is a Strict Baptist magazine first published in 1835 by John Gadsby. The current editor is Benjamin Ashworth Ramsbottom.... movement, but closed around 1999. There are large windows 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 a small porch. |
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| Robertsbridge Wesleyan Chapel | Robertsbridge Robertsbridge Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells... 50.9857°N 0.4760°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... |
John Wesley John Wesley John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield... preached in Robertsbridge regularly in the late 18th century, and by 1812 a permanent chapel was in place. Extensions were built in 1842 and 1874—the latter added a Sunday School to the stuccoed building. Worshippers joined the nearby Congregational church Robertsbridge United Reformed Church Robertsbridge United Reformed Church is a United Reformed Church place of worship in Robertsbridge, a village in the district of Rother in the English county of East Sussex... in 1960, and the old chapel was converted into flats. |
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| Congregational Independent Chapel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9494°N 0.7326°W |
Congregational | Founded in 1817 on Watchbell Street, this was used by Independent Baptists who later joined the church in Cinque Ports Street. The three-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:... façade has red brickwork, round-headed windows and a canopied entrance. It fell out of use by 1902, when Henry James Henry James Henry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.... owned it. It has been in residential use for more than a century. |
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| Rye Congregational Church | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9521°N 0.7344°W |
Congregational | In 1882, this chapel was built for Rye's Congregational community. In 1973 it was sold and became Rye Community Centre; worshippers joined the town's Methodist church. The Early English-style building has red brickwork and terracotta. | |||
| Augustianian Friary Chapel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9518°N 0.7345°W |
Pre-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.... |
This chapel to a vanished former friary stands on Conduit Hill and dates from about 1380. Between the early 1890s and 1903, 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 as a place of worship; after that they moved to a newly built citadel at Rope Walk, and the 14th-century stone building passed into commercial use. New windows were inserted in 1906. |
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| Carmelite Chapel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9495°N 0.7339°W |
Pre-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.... |
Now in residential use and known as The Old Stone House, this was the chapel of the Order of Friars Repentant of Jesus Christ, established in 1263. This Order Religious order A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some... soon declined, and the chapel went out of use in the 14th century after Rye was attacked by French invaders. The building was altered in 1869, but some 13th- and 14th-century windows survive. |
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| Rye Particular Baptist Chapel Rye Particular Baptist Chapel Rye Particular Baptist Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in Rye, an ancient hilltop town in Rother, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. Built in the 18th century on the site of a decaying Quaker meeting house, it served Baptists in the town... |
Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9498°N 0.7312°W |
Baptist | Quakers 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... established a meeting house on Mermaid Street in the 1700s, but by 1753 the crumbling building had been sold to 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... . They demolished it and erected the present building, which was in use as a chapel until 1910. The slate and tile roof has dormer Dormer A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often... s, and the red-brick façade has three shallow-arched sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. |
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| Independent Chapel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9544°N 0.7358°W |
Independent | This small chapel was established on Landgate in 1844. It closed in the early 1900s when the congregation, who had adopted Baptist views, joined the newly built church on Cinque Ports Street. | |||
| Rye Citadel | Rye Rye, East Sussex Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede... 50.9528°N 0.7334°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.... |
After using the former Augustinian Friary chapel on Conduit Hill for a few years, Rye's Salvation Army congregation built a citadel on Rope Walk in 1903. The building has been converted into a shop. | |||
| Rye Harbour Mission Hall | Rye Harbour Rye Harbour Rye Harbour is a village located on the East Sussex coast in southeast England, near the estuary of the River Rother: it is part of the civil parish of Icklesham. Rye Harbour is located some two miles downstream of the town of Rye.... 50.9385°N 0.7606°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 chapel was in the Hastings, Bexhill and Rye Methodist Circuit. It was open for most of the 20th century. | |||
| Sedlescombe Congregational Chapel | Sedlescombe Sedlescombe Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north of Hastings.The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Brede and its tributary the River Line flow through it; and Powdermill Reservoir is... 50.9274°N 0.5368°W |
Congregational | The 1879 Congregational chapel had only been open for about five years when a disagreement in the congregation resulted in a secession led by a Mr Tuppenney. They built a Vernacular-style brick chapel next door. It closed in 1907 when the earlier divisions were overcome, and was converted into the village police station and, later, two houses. | |||
| Sedlescombe Wesleyan Chapel | Sedlescombe Sedlescombe Sedlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north of Hastings.The parish lies within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Brede and its tributary the River Line flow through it; and Powdermill Reservoir is... 50.9326°N 0.5351°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 was used for worship between 1812 and 1924, and has subsequently had many uses and much alteration: a shop, a wartime cinema, an engineering workshop and now a house. Farmer Henry Freeland founded it during Methodism's 19th-century heyday. Originally the red-brick building had 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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| Three Oaks Methodist Church | Three Oaks Guestling Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located three miles north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence, and is part of the United Benefice of Fairlight, Guestling and Pett... 50.9028°N 0.6173°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... |
Now a house, this church was still in use in 1999, when it was part of a group of mostly rural churches administered from Rye. | |||
| Ticehurst Methodist Church | Ticehurst Ticehurst Ticehurst is both a village and a large civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish lies in the upper reaches of both the River Teise before it enters Bewl Water and in the upper reaches of the River Rother flowing to the south-east... 51.0456°N 0.4122°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... |
A.W. Pocock's Decorated Gothic Revival chapel, with 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 side windows, a large rose window Rose window A Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery... and stone-dressed red brickwork (now painted), was built in 1897. Earlier Methodist chapels in the village dated from 1821 and 1840; the latter had a cottage and a school attached. It was used for worship until the mid-20th century, and is now residential. |
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| Udimore Methodist Chapel | Udimore Udimore Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It is located five miles west of Rye on the B2089 road to Brede.... 50.9382°N 0.6668°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 building's exterior has been altered since its closure in 1960. H. and C. Coleman built it in 1882; it originally had a stuccoed façade topped with finial Finial The finial is an architectural device, typically carved in stone and employed decoratively to emphasize the apex of a gable or any of various distinctive ornaments at the top, end, or corner of a building or structure. Smaller finials can be used as a decorative ornament on the ends of curtain rods... s. Another Methodist chapel stood at Cock Marling, elsewhere in Udimore parish, between 1863 and 1907. |
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| Westfield Methodist Church | Westfield Westfield, East Sussex Known as Westewelle in the Domesday survey, Westfield in the Rother District of East Sussex is one of the largest villages in the area with a population of around 2,750. The village lies five miles north of Hastings. Carr-Taylor Vineyards is local. There is still a village shop, newsagents,... 50.9118°N 0.5760°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... |
Closed after 1999 and converted into a house, this brick chapel dates from 1851. The entrance porch was a much later addition, but the 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 and flat-arched windows are original. |
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| Winchelsea Methodist Chapel | Winchelsea Winchelsea Winchelsea is a small village in East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles south west of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings... 50.9244°N 0.7070°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... |
A plain brick building of 1785, built on to an older house, this chapel has connections with John Wesley John Wesley John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield... , who preached here in 1789 and 1790. The mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... is tiled. Original fittings such as the 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... and gallery survive. Occasional services are still held, and the Methodist Church 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... still owns the building. |
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| Grey Friars Monastery Church | Winchelsea Winchelsea Winchelsea is a small village in East Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately two miles south west of Rye and seven miles north east of Hastings... 50.9218°N 0.7105°W |
Pre-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.... |
Only a stair-turret, the chancel walls and chancel arch of this 14th-century church still stand. They are Decorated Gothic in style, probably date from the 1310s and have been described by 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... as "one of the most impressive [sets of Franciscan remains] there are" in England. The ruins stand in the garden of a private house built in 1819. The Franciscan Franciscan Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities.... s came to Winchelsea in 1224; the monastery and church were ruined during the Dissolution of the Monasteries Dissolution of the Monasteries The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their... . |
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| Whatlington Methodist Church | Woodman's Green, Whatlington Whatlington Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located seven miles north of Hastings, just off the A21 road.... 50.9468°N 0.5082°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 distinctive Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... chapel has a tall tower topped with a spire. The walls are stuccoed, and all windows have pointed arches. Schoolrooms were also provided when it was built in 1872. It became a workshop and premises after its closure in about 1936, although during World War II it was also used to hold evacuees. |
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