Chichester, St Bartholomew, Mount Lane

Or the Chichester College Chaplaincy Centre and Classroom as it now is! This church was originally the Anglican church serving part of the west side of Chichester, but like many of the City's churches, it has found a new use, at least it still functions as a church.

St Bartholomew, Mount Lane is hidden away in Westgate and is close to the College. The orginal church was destroyed in 1642 and this building dates from 1832. The bell seems to have hung in it's shelter since 1929 when the tower was removed. The bell was cast by Mears of Whitechapel, London in the same year the church was built. The walls show some interesting features. The left hand wall of the church is built of rubble and the mortar joints have small stones and chips in them. This is a decorative feature known as Galleting. On checking my facts, my Architectural Glossary says, for the benefit of my north of the Border readers, that this is known as Cherry-Caulking in Scotland. The right hand wall at the front is built of Greensand stone and is a good example of Ashlar, where the stone is cut into neat rectangular blocks and laid in courses a bit like modern breezeblocks today.