Coldharbour Rd Upper Dicker Nearest large towns - Hailsham & Eastbourne; City - Brighton
07414856807
http://hellinglychurch.org.uk/

Holy Trinity Parish Church is based in the heart of the village of Upper Dicker and this rural parish also includes most of Lower Dicker. We are a Benefice of two churches and Hellingly Parish community is also covered by our Vicar.
 
We have a Sunday service weekly at 9.15am in the Church.

We are located opposite Bede's School who share the Church premises with us - using it for assemblies, worship and events during the week.

The Church is open every day during daylight hours and visitors are welcome to call in for a time of quiet prayer and reflection - unless the Church is in use by the school. Please do not disturb their acitivty there.

We usually have some weddings each year including those of previous pupils of Bedes, and we thoroughly enjoy them.  Baptisms are held either in the weekly service or booked for a Sunday afternoon.  If you want to talk to us about a wedding, blessing, baptism or other personal service please ring or e-mail David, our Vicar  

We look forward to welcoming you -  if you live, work or study in our Parish.  Whether you have links with our community or are simply looking for a cheerful, faithful, open Church then we are here for you.

Come and meet us!

 
Holy Trinity is in  Coldharbour Rd, Just North of the junctions with Camberlot and Michaelham roads, on the left.   if you are travelling South, go down Camberlot Road past the Village Hall & Shop / cafe, the church is on the left.

Holy Trinity Church, Upper Dicker, East Sussex, BN27 3QB.

The Street Arlington Polegate
(01323) 870512
http://www.sussexdownlandchurches.org.uk

Arlington Church Guide

The church of St Pancras is of flint with stone dressings, in the Norman and Early Decorated styles, and has a tower of ancient date, with spire 90 feet in height containing 3 bells. The church is one of the few in this country dedicated to St. Pancras, the Patron Saint of Children.

The Nave

The nave is Saxon, with long-and-short work on three corners, and a window with Roman tiles used as crude voussoirs to form the arch. The north chapel was added around 1200, and the Early English Gothic tower and north aisle in the 13th century, though the presence of the chapel arch shows that an aisle must have been in place when the chapel was built. The chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century, and both the chancel arch and the two arches from the north chapel into the chancel date from this time. The fine king-post roof may also date from the 14th century. The tower arch was renewed in the 15th century, when the solid tower buttresses were added. Two Victorian restorations (in 1868 and 1892) were sensitive and restrained.

Church Features

The most striking feature of the church as you approach, is its squat tower with tall, shingled broach spire, which can be seen from some way away through the thickly wooded churchyard. From the outside, the Saxon remains on the corners of the nave, and the Saxon window, to the right of the porch, are clearly visible.

Inside, the interior is entirely whitewashed, save for patches of wall painting. The elegant Early English arcade has octagonal piers and leads the eye to an impressive chancel arch, though it is also worth looking up to the roof, picked out by the whitewash. The late 12th century arch from the north aisle to the north chapel has a half dog-tooth motif below the imposts. The windows include the Saxon round-headed window, Early English lancets and Decorated windows. The East Chancel window has particularly fine tracery of arches upon arches, and features head stops on the hood moulding which are said to be of Edward III and his wife, Eleanor.

The fittings and furnishings are of great interest. The robust square font is a good example of 15th century Perpendicular Gothic panelling, and the chancel screen, though Victorian, is a good replica. The wall paintings with lettering left of the chancel arch are Elizabethan, but the flowers and crosses are 14th century. Also from the 14th century are the traces on the north (St Christopher) and south (St George) walls of the nave, though they are now too indistinct to make out their contents.

In the north chapel are several mediaeval grave slabs with crosses, and a niche containing an exceptionally rare 13th century pottery storage jar, found close by. The north aisle has an impressive wooden chest, and the sanctuary a very unusual 14th century piscina with ogees beneath a castellated top. The pulpit is 18th century, as are the arms of George III atop the tower arch.

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