Following the destruction of the “Round Church of St Bartholomew” by William Waller’s Parliamentarian troops in December 1642, the congregation were without a church for 190 years. Only the burial ground was left but the parish still existed, its vicar and churchwardens remaining in office and the tithes still being collected. Until 13 March 1824,… Continue reading The Rebuilding of St Bartholomew’s Church, 1824-32
Category: Buildings
Structures other than current dwellings, some no longer there
The Organ of St Bartholomew’s Church
A chance encounter with Alan Thurlow, retired organist of Chichester Cathedral, has enabled us to do some more research into the pipe organ which may still be seen inside St Bartholomew’s church (once we can get access!). Details of the St Bartholomew’s organ can be found under Survey E00701 on the National Pipe Organ Register… Continue reading The Organ of St Bartholomew’s Church
The Westgate Brewery
From time to time we bring in a guest writer to add to the content of our website. We are grateful to local historian Alan H. J. Green for his permission to reprint this article which originally appeared, entitled “The Westgate Brewery”, in the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter 137 of January 2008. And also to… Continue reading The Westgate Brewery
Westgate in the 17th to 19th Centuries
This article forms the fourth and final one in a series on the archaeology of Westgate and is adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. The numbers on the map refer to objects mentioned in the text below that have been… Continue reading Westgate in the 17th to 19th Centuries
The Georgian Priory: 1-9 Westgate
This post forms part of an occasional series of contributions from guest authors. This building history by Dr Richard Brownfield was first published in the Chichester Society Newsletter and is here reproduced by permission. Georgian Priory is an entirely spurious name which was created in 1988 when the Abbey Building Society (later to become the… Continue reading The Georgian Priory: 1-9 Westgate
St Bartholomew Without, Mount Lane (updated)
As its name suggests, and like the “green hill far away”, St Bartholomew is “without a city wall”, in this case ‘without’ Chichester’s West Gate. The Church is designated by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) at Grade II for the following principal reasons: A classical style church of 1832 with simple, yet elegant, proportions. The… Continue reading St Bartholomew Without, Mount Lane (updated)