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St Clement

St Clement

St Leonards

East Sussex

C.1380 rebuilt after the burning of Hastings in 1377 with C19 re-roofing, chancel and S porch.

Architectural Features

W doorway with a deep hollow chamfer, shafts, and shields carved in the spandrels.

Arches into the tower on the E and N sides have leaf motifs carved on the capitals.

The chancel wagon is canted with carved bosses.

1721 painted figures of Moses and Aaron by Roger Mortimer on the E wall of the S chancel chapel.

Wall monument to John Collier, d.1760.

2-tier brass chandeliers, given in 1763.

Fragments of a medieval screen at the W end of the church.

C19 or recut font with octagonal stone bowl carved with symbols.

Elegant pyramidal crocketted font cover.

Brass eternal light with high quality lettering commemorating the marriage of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal in this church in 1860, given by Rossetti's family.

Stained glass in N and S chancel windows by Percy Bacon.

One very fine C19 stained glass window in the S aisle.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: The Church of St Clements merits listing at a higher grade on account of its architectural and historic interest as a late medieval town church which is substantially intact.