Eastbourne: St George
Overview
Grid reference: TV 594 995
The church is built in a vaguely North Italian manner, with tall brick walls and a short bell-tower at the north east corner. The building material is a pinkish-brown brick, with stone surrounds to the doors and windows. Both the shallow pitched roof, and the pyramidal roof of the bell towers have wide eaves and are covered with pantiles.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with passage-aisles and north porch, chancel with polygonal end and a bell-tower on the north side.
Exterior Description
The church is built in a vaguely North Italian manner, with tall brick walls and a short bell-tower at the north east corner. The building material is a pinkish-brown brick, with stone surrounds to the doors and windows. Both the shallow pitched roof, and the pyramidal roof of the bell towers have wide eaves and are covered with pantiles. The large nave is flanked by narrow lean-to aisles, whose walls are divided into bays by narrow pilaster strips; in the centre of each bay is a pair of small lancet windows with slightly pointed heads. At the west end of the north aisle is a small brick porch with a pitched pantiled roof and a moulded pointed doorway. The porch has no affinities with Italian architecture and is a discordant element in the otherwise harmonious composition. The clerestory walls above the aisle roofs have eithr single lancets or triplets of lancets under pointed brick relieving arches. The bell tower has many of the features of a campanile, but is not detached from the main body of the church, the lower half serving as an organ chamber. Externally the tower has no stage divisions but is clasped at each corner by brick pilaster buttresses. The short bell-stage is open on all sides, with stout timber uprights supporting the roof.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church is simple and satisfying. The wide brick segmental arches of the nave arcades are carried on rectangular brick piers which are carried up the clerestory walls in the form of pilastdr strips, bifurcating at the head of the wall to form pointed arches corresponding to those on the external elevations. The wall surfaces, with the exception of the brick structural members, are plastered throughout. The roof structure, like the rest of the building has an Italianate air, with heavy tie-beams and principal rafters with queen-posts and struts. The brick chancel arch is of equilateral profile with a single chamfer. The toothings of the imposts of the arch have been left exposed, as they have in the rere-arch of the nave west wall. Beyond the chancel arch is the small five-sided sanctuary, with a single lancet window in the side walls, and three equal lancets in the east wall. All of these windows have cusped heads with two mouchettes in the tracery above. The lower parts of the sanctuary walls have a panelled daclo, the upper parts are plastered.
Fixtures and fittings
Pulpit
1949
A hexagonal neo-Jacobean oak pulpit, presented in 1949 in memory of a Miss Williams.
Organ (object)
1917
A two-manual Nicholson organ, built in 1917.
Font (object)
A spindly octagonal stone font, devoid of decorative ornament.
Stall
Mid 20th Century
Of quiet mid 20th cehtury design, in oak.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TV 594 995
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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