Church Of St Wulfran

The Church of St Wulfran is an Anglican church located in Ovingdean, Brighton. The original chancel and nave date to the early 12th century, with a late 13th-century tower added later. A porch was constructed in the 19th century, and the church was restored in 1867. A south chapel was added in 1907, and a north-west vestry around 1985. The building is constructed of flint with stone dressings, and has a tile roof, although the north side of the nave and the north-west vestry are covered with slate.

The exterior features a round-arched lancet window to the east end, and a single lancet to either side of the chancel. The south-east chapel has a single lancet in its east end and a blocked arch in its west end. The south side has two 2-light windows with cusped lancets either side of the gabled porch, which possesses a pointed, chamfered arch. One of these windows is placed beneath a large relieving arch, and the blocked arch in the south chapel represent remains of a former south aisle. The north side has two lancets and a blocked, round-arched doorway. The vestry features three round-arched lancets and a flat-arched 4-light window with a hoodmould to the west.

The two-stage tower has lancet windows to the lower part of the second stage, on the south and west sides, and two to the upper part, south and north. A corbelled circular stack is visible at the south-east corner, and the tower is topped with a pyramidal spire and weathervane.

Inside, the chancel has aumbries on either side of the altar. Low-set, pointed-arched openings, and a higher round-arched opening provide access to the south chapel, alongside a pointed-arched entrance likely dating from 1907. The east end is painted with scenes depicting the Passion. The church boasts a crown-post roof, with the ceiling and timbers stencilled to designs by CE Kempe in 1867. The chancel arch was rebuilt between 1865 and 1867 as a central round arch, with lower round arches on either side. Rood figures are sheltered under a canopy in a late Gothic style, added by CE Kempe in 1907. The nave has a boarded ceiling, and a pointed arch leads to the tower. Stained glass by CE Kempe is present throughout the nave and tower.