St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green
St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth-century church in the settlement of Partridge Green in the parish of West Grinstead in West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the village. Ian Nairn, in the Sussex volume of The Buildings of England, approves of the simplicity of this "flint village church" and comments that most "other counties would have had it much fussier".[1]
| St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green | |
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| 50.96215°N 0.308284°W | |
| Location | Church Lane, Partridge Green, West Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Parish of West Grinstead |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Michael and All Angels |
| Administration | |
| Parish | West Grinstead |
| Deanery | Horsham |
| Archdeaconry | Horsham |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Most Revd Rowan Williams |
| Bishop(s) | Rt Revd John Hind |
| Rector | Father William Harris |
History
Houses were built in the village in the eighteenth century, and expansion increased after the Partridge Green railway station was opened in 1861.[2] The settlement was served from 1884 by an iron mission room in nearby Jolesfield.[3] The new church was built in 1890 on a site given by the Rev. John Goring,[3] with the memorial stone laid by Lady Burrell on 30 May 1890. The church was designed in thirteenth century style by the architectural firm of W.G. Habershon and J.F. Fawkner.[2][3][4] The church was served by curates until 1946, since when it has been served by the rector of West Grinstead.[3]
Description
The church consists of a chancel, nave and west tower. Entry is by a south porch. The exterior is constructed of flint with stone dressings. Inside the walls are of exposed brick. The rere-arches of the lancet windows and the tower and chancel arches are of stone. The timber framed roof is described by John Allen as the best feature.[2] The tower has a tiled pyramidal cap.[2][3]
Fittings and windows
The font may have been cut from an earlier medieval original.[2] The east window is by C.E. Kempe[2]
Images
 Detail of the east window of St Michael and All Angels Church |
 The chancel of St Michael and All Angels Church |
 The tower of St Michael and All Angels Church |
References
- Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 293.
- Allen, John (4 April 2011). "Partridge Green – St Michael and All Angels". Sussex Parish Churches website. www.sussexparishchurches.org. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- Hudson, T. P. (ed) (1986). "A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2 – Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) including Horsham. West Grinstead – Churches". Victoria County History of Sussex. British History Online. pp. 100–102. Retrieved 11 September 2011.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "A New Church For Partridge Green. Interesting Ceremony". The Sussex Express. 3 June 1890. p. 8. Retrieved 11 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Bibliography
- Elleray, D. Robert (1981). The Victorian Churches of Sussex. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-85033-378-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Elleray, D. Robert (2004). Sussex Places of Worship. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-7-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). The Buildings of England: Sussex. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Wales, Tony (1999). The West Sussex Village Book. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-581-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)