---
title: "St Mary, Ticehurst"
description: "Located in Ticehurst, Sussex. Built Mostly C14; C15 porch and west window; restored 1857. Diocese of Chichester. Grade II*. Decorated medieval; C19 restoration style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Sussex","Ticehurst","Grade II*","Medieval"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-ticehurst"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:54:43.512Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T17:48:49.089Z"
location: "Ticehurst, Sussex"
country: "England"
county: "Sussex"
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"
dedications: ["Mary"]
diocese: "Chichester"
grade: "II*"
style: "Decorated medieval; C19 restoration"
materials: "Stone; broached shingled spire"
website: "http://ticehurstandflimwell.church/"
openingHours: "Sorry, there are no regular opening times for this church."
parish: "Ticehurst"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1222324"
gridReference: "TQ 6887 3010"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# 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.

## 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).

## Further Information

- [Ticehurst and Flimwell](http://ticehurstandflimwell.church/)
- [Historic England list entry 1222324](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1222324)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Ticehurst)