| All Saints Church | |
|---|---|
 The church from the northwest | |
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| 50°54′48″N 0°22′21″W / 50.9133°N 0.3726°W | |
| Location | Water Lane, Buncton, West Sussex BN44 3DD |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | Late 11th century |
| Founder(s) | Monks of Sele Priory (attr.) |
| Dedication | All Saints |
| Dedicated | By 1873[1] |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 15 March 1955 |
| Style | Norman |
| Groundbreaking | Late 11th century |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Archdeaconry | Horsham |
| Deanery | Rural Deanery of Storrington |
| Parish | Wiston with Buncton |
All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the hamlet of Buncton in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Built in the 11th or 12th century as a small chapel of ease to a nearby parish church, and hardly changed or restored since, the stone chapel stands behind a "delightful ... wooded ravine"[2] beneath the South Downs and has been called "a real piece of hidden Sussex".[3] The chancel arch, between the nave and chancel which made up the simple two-room building, had a bizarre 12th-century carving of a person of indeterminate sex exposing their genitalia—until 2004, when an unknown vandal destroyed it with a chisel. The church is still used for Christian worship, and English Heritage has listed it at Grade I for its architectural and historical importance. The church is also known as Buncton Chapel.
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- ^ Swinfen & Arscott 1984, p. 38.