St Mark's Church, Hadlow Down

St Mark's Church
Church of St Mark the Evangelist
The church from the southeast
Map
50°59′48″N 0°10′43″E / 50.9967°N 0.1787°E / 50.9967; 0.1787
LocationMain Road, Hadlow Down, East Sussex TN22 4HY
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipModern Catholic[1]
History
StatusParish church
Founded1834
Founder(s)Benjamin Hall
DedicationMark the Evangelist
Consecrated6 May 1836
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated31 December 1982
Architect(s)William Moseley (1834 building);
George Fellowes Prynne (1913 rebuilding)
StylePerpendicular Gothic Revival
Completed1836
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseChichester
ArchdeaconryLewes and Hastings
DeaneryRural Deanery of Uckfield
ParishBuxted and Hadlow Down
Clergy
Vicar(s)Revd Dr John Barker

St Mark's Church (dedicated to St Mark the Evangelist) is an Anglican church in the village of Hadlow Down in the district of Wealden, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. Founded in 1834 by a committed local resident who petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury for permission to establish a chapel in the poor agricultural village, the church proved popular—despite the competing presence of two Nonconformist chapels nearby—and was extended in 1913. The stone-built church, with its tall spire and well-regarded "living churchyard" nature reserve, is now Hadlow Down's only remaining place of worship. English Heritage has listed it at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.

  1. ^ "St Mark the Evangelist, Hadlow Down". A Church Near You website. Archbishops' Council. 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2010.