Titsey - St James
The original church of St James was situated in the grounds of Titsey House.
It was replaced by a new church on the present site in 1776, and rebuilt in 1860-61 by Granville Leveson Gower to the design of J.L. Pearson in neo-Gothic style.
The materials are Limpsfield sandstone with Bath stone dressings, and the interior is banded with Bath stone and Godstone green firestone, while the chancel arch and windows and the vaulting of the chapel have shafts of Devonshire and Galway marble. The tower has a shingled spire. Under the chancel arch are some 14th-century encaustic tiles taken from the floor of the original church. There are also some 13th and 14th-century fragments of masonry from the old building in the Leveson-Gower chapel. On either side of the chancel is a 13th-century tomb-slab with a foliated cross. That on the south has also a star in one corner.
The building was last known to be in use for public worship in 1960 and declared redundant in 1973, it is still consecrated and in use for occasional services.
Please take care on the busy road outside the church,
there is parking on Pilgrims lane next to the church.
Go to the co-ordinates given and locate the last resting place of Fanney Bassett who died on Oct 9th ABCD aged EF.
The cache can be found at
N51 16.(A+4)(B-1)(C-5) E000 01.(D-4)(E+5)(F+6)
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