Church

St Mary, Ticehurst

St Mary, Ticehurst

St Mary’s is a Grade II* Church of England parish church on Church Street, Ticehurst, East Sussex, a large fourteenth-century church in the Diocese of Chichester.

Location
Ticehurst, Sussex
Country
England
County
Sussex
City / town
Ticehurst
Address
Church Street, Ticehurst, Sussex, TN5 7AB
Postcode
TN5 7AB
Built
Mostly C14; C15 porch and west window; restored 1857
Architect
Slater (1857 restoration)
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Mary
Diocese
Chichester
Parish
Ticehurst
Grade
II*
Style
Decorated medieval; C19 restoration
Materials
Stone; broached shingled spire
Grid reference
TQ 6887 3010
Opening hours
Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church.
Access
Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby

Overview

The listing describes chancel with north and south chapels, aisled nave, a north porch with a room over, and a west tower with a broached shingled spire. Most of the fabric is fourteenth century; the porch (its upper room once used as a prison) and the west window are fifteenth century. William Slater restored the church in 1857. Fittings include a carved sixteenth-century font canopy with folding doors. A brass to John Wyborne and his wives Cecily and Agnes, about 1365, is in the church. The hymn-writer Francis Pott was priest here from 1861 to 1866. Since 1978 the parish has been in a united benefice with St Augustine, Flimwell.

Historic England listed the church Grade II* on 3 August 1961 (list entry 1222324; amended 13 May 1987).

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