Bellcot
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Charming Grade I Listed Medieval Church
This Grade I listed medieval church is situated in a rural hamlet in the West Sussex countryside. It is a simple building dating to the 12th century, with a deep sweeping roof and a dainty bell cote. Most furnishings and fittings date to the mid-19th century and comprise a largely complete early ecclesiological seating scheme…
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12th Century Church With Norman Carvings
The entrance to this 12th century flint church looks like something out of a medieval fantasy – three rows of Norman carvings arch over a thick wooden door set with ornamental hinge straps. Inside, creatures unlike anything found in nature peer down from the chancel arch. They are called ‘beakheads’ – boggle-eyed monsters with beaks,…
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Early 19th Century Georgian Chapel
Built in 1812, the delightfully elegant design of this chapel reflects the importance the evangelical movement placed on sermons and scripture reading rather than communion. Unusually, it was not built as a parish church, but was privately funded and then run by trustees of the evangelical movement of the Church of England. Ministers were largely…
