Church Of St. Clement

The Church of St. Clement is a parish church located in Sutton-on-Sea, built between 1818 and 1819, with additions made in 1860 and 1907. It features squared greenstone rubble, red brick, and slate roofs. The church includes a western tower, nave, chancel, a north chamber, a sexton's hut, and a vestry.

The two-stage west tower has a plinth, a dentillated eaves course, and a gabled roof. The pointed west window contains wooden tracery and is topped by a stone panel inscribed "I S Cooke Ch.Wdn 1819". The belfry stage features pointed paired louvred lights on all four sides. The lower parts of the nave are made of stone, while the upper parts are constructed from brick, also featuring a dentillated eaves course.

On the north side, there is a double-gabled sexton's hut from around 1860, which has two pointed leaded lights. The north wall of the nave includes two semi-circular headed lights with wooden tracery. The north chamber, also from 1860 and with a dentillated eaves course, has two pointed lights and double doors with a Gothic traceried fanlight. The east side features a single window with stone Y tracery and another pointed light. The chancel, added in 1860, has two lights on the north side, one on the south side, and a three-light window with stone intersecting tracery in the east wall. A 20th-century vestry is located to the south, and the south wall of the nave has two additional semi-circular headed windows and a matching double door. A reused stone with a carved medieval pinnacle is situated to the west of the door.

Inside, there is a double chamfered chancel arch with roll-moulded imposts, and the sanctuary arch is similar. At the west end, there is a panelled timber gallery supported by a fluted pier. The 14th-century octagonal font features cusped traceried panels on its sides and a moulded base. Most fittings are from the 20th century, except for turned baluster altar rails that now span the chancel. The church was rebuilt on a new site after the previous church was destroyed by the sea.