---
title: "St Denys, Rotherfield"
description: "Located in Rotherfield, Sussex. Built Mainly C13, with earlier fabric and later features. Diocese of Chichester. Grade I. Medieval style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Sussex","Rotherfield","Grade I","Medieval"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-denys-rotherfield"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:35:49.890Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:56.615Z"
location: "Rotherfield, Sussex"
country: "England"
county: "Sussex"
town: "Rotherfield"
address: "Church Road, Rotherfield, Sussex, TN6 3LG"
postcode: "TN6 3LG"
built: "Mainly C13, with earlier fabric and later features"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Denys"]
diocese: "Chichester"
grade: "I"
style: "Medieval"
website: "http://www.stdenysrotherfield.org.uk/aboutus.htm"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Rotherfield St Denys"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1193874"
gridReference: "TQ 556 297"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Denys, Rotherfield

St Denys is a Grade I parish church on Church Street, Rotherfield, East Sussex, in the Diocese of Chichester.

## Overview

Historic England records a mainly thirteenth-century church with later features: chancel, north chapel, nave with aisles, north porch and west tower with a shingled spire. The listing highlights wall paintings of about 1300, a good early-seventeenth-century pulpit, box pews, and a medieval interior not much restored. The parish describes a sandstone building with fabric from about 1060 and the Nevill Chapel on the site of an earlier church. A tall shingled spire was destroyed in the storm of October 1987 and later replaced. Historic England lists the church as a good example of a medieval parish church with excellent fittings (list entry 1193874).

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1193874](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1193874)
- [British Listed Buildings: The Parish Church of St Denys](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101193874-the-parish-church-of-st-denys-rotherfield)
- [St Denys, Rotherfield (parish)](https://www.stdenysrotherfield.org.uk/stdenys.htm)