The Parish Church of St George

Heritage listing

Details 981/17/639 SELSEY ROAD 05-JUN-1958 THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE (Formerly listed as: BIRDHAM ROAD THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE) (Formerly listed as: BIRDHAM ROAD THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY) I Parish church. Early C13 with early C16 tower, north chapel dated 1871 but replacing a chapel dating from 1542, refurbished after a fire in 1939, architect Frederick Etchells. Built of Mixon stone rubble with tiled roof. PLAN: Four bay nave with aisles, three bay lower chancel, south west tower, south porch and north chapel. EXTERIOR: Three stage tower with moulded plinth, buttresses of two stages with sloping offsets at the SE and NW corners, crenellated parapet (dismantled and rebuilt in 1966) and single light windows set under four-centred arches. The cinquefoil head of the west window is original but the remainder restored. The gabled south porch has a four-centred arch and buttresses. Behind in the south aisle is an early C13 round-headed doorcase and the south aisle has three C16 style windows, replacements following the 1939 fire. The north aisle has a C16 doorway with a renewed head and renewed three light window in C16 style. The chancel south side has three C13 lancets, the east end has three C13 taller lancets and the north wall of the chancel has two C13 lancets. There is a gabled north chapel with lancet windows with a tablet below the east window inscribed "Charles Crosbie Esq. Anno Domini 1871". INTERIOR: The south west tower contains the original C16 half-winder staircase with solid treads of triangular blocks and three bells, one mid C16, one of 1594 and one recast in 1858. The nave has north and south arcades of four bays but the westernmost south bay was walled up when the tower was built in the C16. The arcade arches are two-centred with p

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.