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The Church of St Nicholas is an
St Nicholas, Iford. ''A church near you''. Retrieved 12 October 2021. The building is
''Explore Churches''. Retrieved 12 October 2021.'Parishes: Iford', in ''A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes'', ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 52-57
British History Online. Retrieved 12 October 2021. There are three narrow windows at the east end of the chancel; their rounded heads suggest an early date. A north aisle, created in the late 12th century, was later demolished at an unknown period. Its former presence is shown by three blocked arches in the north wall of the nave.
Restoration took place in 1868, when the concealed north arcade and east windows were discovered. There was further restoration in 1874.
Three bells are in the tower, dating from about 1426, said to be among the oldest in Sussex. They invoke Saints Botulph, Katherine, and Margaret respectively.
Anglican
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church in the village of Iford, East Sussex
Iford is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located two miles (3.2 km) south of Lewes. The parish lies on slopes of the South Downs in the valley of the River Ouse.
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, England. It is in the Diocese of Chichester
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, and in the United Benefice of Iford with Kingston, Rodmell and Southease."About us"St Nicholas, Iford. ''A church near you''. Retrieved 12 October 2021. The building is
Grade I listed
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Description
The church was founded in 1090. The tower, with a shingled spire, is situated between thenave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
and the chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
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. It is thought that the tower was built above the original chancel: the nave and the original chancel date from the early 12th century; the tower, supported by two high semicircular arches, and the present chancel were built in the late 12th century."St Nicholas"''Explore Churches''. Retrieved 12 October 2021.'Parishes: Iford', in ''A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes'', ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 52-57
British History Online. Retrieved 12 October 2021. There are three narrow windows at the east end of the chancel; their rounded heads suggest an early date. A north aisle, created in the late 12th century, was later demolished at an unknown period. Its former presence is shown by three blocked arches in the north wall of the nave.
Restoration took place in 1868, when the concealed north arcade and east windows were discovered. There was further restoration in 1874.
Three bells are in the tower, dating from about 1426, said to be among the oldest in Sussex. They invoke Saints Botulph, Katherine, and Margaret respectively.
See also
*Grade I listed buildings in East Sussex
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