St Julian's Church, Kingston Buci

St Julian's Church is a Romanesque house of worship in Kingston Buci featuring flint walls with stone dressings at the corners. The building contains a nave, north aisle, chancel, and central tower that represent classic features of the Romanesque style.

The building's foundations and parts of the nave predate the Norman Conquest and were confirmed through 1960s archaeological digs to have late Saxon roots. This pre-Norman origin makes it a significant record of early English church building in the area.

The interior holds multiple treasures across centuries: the Lewknor family tomb, an 18th-century pulpit, and a surviving 14th-century chancel screen. These works from different periods show how successive generations left marks of their faith and craftsmanship in this space.

The church opens for regular worship services and stands as one of seven protected heritage buildings in the Adur area of West Sussex. Exploring the exterior allows you to notice the typical Romanesque details in the stonework and tower structure.

The structure once housed an anchorite's cell, a room for hermits devoted to spiritual life. The window connecting this isolated space to the chancel remains visible and reveals this unusual historical use.

Location: Adur

Inception: 13 century

Architectural style: Romanesque architecture

GPS coordinates: 50.83330,-0.24660

Latest update: December 14, 2025 16:43