Church Of St George

The Church of St George is a church dating back to the 12th century, with additions and alterations made in the late 12th century, the 15th century, and later. It is located on Crowhurst Lane in Crowhurst. The church consists of a nave, a late 12th-century south aisle and porch, a 15th-century chancel, and a west end bellturret and spire, the latter rebuilt after a fire in 1947. The structure is primarily of Wealdstone rubble, with brick buttresses and dressings, a weatherboard bellturret topped with a shingled broach spire, and Horsham slab roofing to the south, with plain tiled roofs over the nave and chancel.

The nave has a single bay aisle on the south side, with a porch, and is adjoined to the east by the chancel, and to the west by the tower and spire. The ends of the church feature buttresses, diagonal on the east. There are 13th-century lancet windows in the west portion of the chancel, with traces of further lancets to the east. 15th-century windows in the Perpendicular style are found at the east and west ends; the east window of the south aisle is 14th century in the Decorated style, featuring a 12th-century rear arch and remains of carved leaf capitals springing from side shafts. Further two-light windows are located on the north side, with renewed lancets. A ribbed double door, set within a chamfered arch, provides access on the south side.

Inside, the church has a stone tiled floor. The nave has three windows, the chancel two, and the roof is of 15th-century trussed rafter construction. Braced posts support the spire in the west end. The east end of the chancel features painted walls in a Pre-Raphaelite style. Fittings include a 19th-century lectern with linenfold patterning and an octagonal 13th-century font with a stone bowl on a central stem and round piers to the angles. Fragments of 15th-century stained glass are present within the east window. Located on the north side of the chancel is a tomb chest of John Gaynesford the elder, who died in 1450. On the north chancel wall is a wall tomb dedicated to Richard Marryott, who died in 1675; it features an aedicular form with a swan-necked pediment, rosettes at the ends, and a central shield cartouche with an inscription flanked by Ionic scroll columns. On the south chancel wall is a canopied chest tomb commemorating John Gaynesford the Younger, who died in 1460; the canopy is battlemented with monsters and foliage, and incorporates a brass plate. A further simple tomb chest is also located on the south chancel wall, standing under a four-centred arch. An aedicular wall monument commemorating Justinian Angell, who died in 1680, is also there, marked with a broken segmental pediment, rosettes, and a gilt wood cartouche. A wooden hatchment dedicated to Margaret Gainsford, who died in 1691, is displayed on the north nave wall.