CHURCHES of SUSSEX
Steyning Church Arch
The church has been called a fragment of Norman
church, but what a fragment!
Its mighty arch is one of the finest Norman structures
on English soil. It is 38 feet high, and, though it leads into a modern
chancel with poor windows, nothing can destroy its appeal to the mind.
On its capitals is spirited carvings of lions with their tails joined together,
terminating in scrolls of foliage, and there are figures of two men grasping
the stems of trees. It has been said there is no richer Norman work in England
on this scale. A nave of four magnificent arches leads up to it.
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