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St Nicholas of Myra

St Nicholas Of Myra

Hove

East Sussex

Late C14, though only the tower, chancel arch and most of the nave arcade are now of this date

Architectural Features

repaired, and rood figures added, 1887, metal gates of about the same date, painted decoration of c1890.

Norman font, probably of c1165, a circular drum of Caen stone, with scenes from the New Testament and the life of St Nicholas between a lower frieze of variegated ornament and a band of nailhead carving

wooden font cover of 1857.

Wall monument to Frances Crosbie in the north aisle by Richard Westmacott, and a portrait bust on a scrolled base at the west end of the south aisle in memory of his wife, also by Westmacott.

Wellington Memorial of 1853, designed by RC Carpenter and carved by John Birnie Philip: modelled on an Eleanor cross, the ogee arches of the third stage now broken in places.

Pulpit of 1867.

Stained glass: east window designed by JR Clayton and made by Ward and Hughes, c1853

3 lead tablets, of 1675-1705, in the belfry.

Harrison M: Victorian Stained Glass: London: 1980-: 30).