Coombes Church | |
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50°51′39″N 0°18′35″W / 50.8607°N 0.3097°W | |
Location | Coombes Road, Coombes, West Sussex BN15 0RS |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Traditional Catholic |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 11th century |
Dedication | None |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 12 October 1954 |
Style | Saxon; Early Norman |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Chichester |
Archdeaconry | Chichester |
Deanery | Rural Deanery of Worthing |
Parish | Coombes |
Clergy | |
Rector | Fr Felix Smith |
Curate(s) | Fr Ben Scott |
Coombes Church is a Church of England parish church in the rural hamlet of Coombes in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. It has served the rural parish, northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea and next to the River Adur, since the 11th century. Despite several re-buildings, some structural elements remain from that period. An important series of wall paintings, dating from the 12th to the 18th century, were uncovered in 1949. English Heritage has listed the church at Grade I for its architectural and historical importance.