Church Of St John The Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is a parish church that was rebuilt between 1863 and 1883 by W. Coles, incorporating 12th-century arches. It features knapped flint with stone dressings and an old plain tile roof. The church has a Neo-Norman cruciform layout, consisting of a chancel and nave with transepts, and a west bellcote. A plinth runs around the entire church, and there are clasping buttresses at all corners.

The east chancel wall has a pair of round-headed windows with shafts and a zig-zag hood, along with a round window above. The side walls contain round-headed lancets with shafts. The nave features large round-headed lancets with zig-zag surrounds on both the east and west sides of the transepts. The west end has three panels, each with a round-headed window, a round gable window, and a corbel table at the gable.

The south transept includes round-headed side doors and a central buttress on the gable end, with two low rectangular lancets, two high round-headed windows, and a round gable window. The north transept has a gabled east porch with a reset 12th-century restored doorway, which features a plain inner order and columns with single scallop capitals and zig-zag ornament. The north wall has a central buttress and two large round-headed windows, along with a round gable window. A small gabled stone bellcote with a roof projecting to the east is also present.

Inside, the east chancel windows are set under one rear arch with marble shafts and a zig-zag head. There is a northwest monument dedicated to Mary Itynne from 1832. The chancel arch is from the 12th century, consisting of two orders: the inner is plain, while the outer has heavy billets on the impost, with a scallop capital on the south side and a flat leaf capital on the north side. The south transept features a low vestry at the south end with two round-headed doors, and above the vestry are two 18th-century foliated shields, along with monuments to Arabella Sawbridge from 1826 and Rev. Charles Powlett from 1809. The north transept contains an early 19th-century font with a shallow octagonal bowl on an arcaded shaft. There are also tablets in the porch commemorating John Newey, Dean of Chichester from 1733, and his sons John and Samuel Newey from 1737. The church has a barrel-vaulted roof with an interesting design at the crossing.