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Door detail2 The church consists of chancel, central tower, and nave with south aisle. The walls are Saxon and Norman, though the interior has been largely rebuilt. The north wall of the nave was part of a pre-Conquest church and the tower was rebuilt in its present form with buttresses and lancet windows c.1200, the chancel having been built shortly before.

The stone heads above are placed on either side of the main entrance situated on the west side. On the south side of the chancel is a low side window with remains of a priest's door below, and near it is a 17th century stone bracket supported by a right hand.

View of the church from the south side

In the vestry is an interesting triangular-shaped alms-box with key plates and hasp of a very early date, perhaps 13th century. The woodwork renewed at the time of Cromwell.

Burne-Jones memorial

The ashes of Burne-Jones and his wife lie southwest of the nave where there are two simple external memorial tablets

Rottingdean church south aspect

At the front of the churchyard can be seen a large patch of unused ground on the right as you enter the gate. Although there is high demand for space within the churchyard this area has been deemed unsafe for use. It would appear that there are holes beneath this area as revealed by a proper survey. This area was probably used to bury the plague victims in the mid 1660's after the funeral pyre's.

Rottingdean church lancet windows

The three lancet windows given by Burne-Jones in memory of his daughters wedding

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St.Margaret - Rottingdean

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The ashes of Burne-Jones and his wife lie southwest of the nave where there are two simple external memorial tablets

The three lancet windows given by Burne-Jones in memory of his daughters wedding