St Mary
Yapton, Sussex
Yapton's charming and distinctive church has changed surprisingly little since it was completed around 1220.
The coastal parish of Climping (also spelled Clymping), just west of the River Arun, has a remarkably sturdy looking church that is said to have begun life as a Norman watchtower.
Clymping, Sussex
An exuberant Romanesque doorway and narrow windows with zigzag carving would have made the tower an outstanding building in its own right, but around 1220, some 50 years after it was completed, it was joined by an Early English church, with steeply pitched roof and simple, slender lancet windows.
The resulting composite early medieval building is a delight, both inside and out.
Yapton, Sussex
Yapton's charming and distinctive church has changed surprisingly little since it was completed around 1220.
Lyminster, Sussex
King Alfred is recorded as having bequeathed Lyminster to his nephew in 901, it was the site of a Benedictine nunnery, and the flint church we see today has Saxon origins as the present walls go back to about 1040.
Arundel, Sussex
Built on a hill, the Cathedral sits majestically overlooking the ancient town of Arundel.