A small 13th century church in a tiny hamlet, hidden away up a farm track and surrounded by old yews. The interior is as it was in the 18th century, and is completely charming and peaceful. Fortunately the edifice has friends, and is well cared for.
Edward Mynors
In July 2013 this church was included in Britain's sixty favourite churches by the National Churches Trust
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"You can go to Iona or Jarrow, to Cornwall or the Welsh Marches, and you will not find a more moving witness to early Christianity than here in the uplands of West Sussex. These churches are little more than hermitages, cells of piety amid poverty. Centuries of patronage passed them by without alteration or embellishment. Most are described as Saxon-Norman. I would call them English Early Christian. They are first cousins to the pagan wood shrines whose sites they probably occupy."
a perfect review written by Simon Jenkins writing for The Spectator 3 September 1994 'The Downland churches that disturb us unbelievers'.
Gordon Hull
Nick Waldenmaier277 days ago
If you should happen to pass through the quiet hamlet of Up Marden, do not miss its small 13th-century church, which is set back and reached via a short footpath. Its interior is simple and painted white and exudes a timeless spirituality.
John Masters2 years ago
Beautiful, quiet, serene spot to stop and contemplate.
These churches are little more than hermitages, cells of piety amid poverty. Centuries of patronage passed them by without alteration or embellishment. Most are described as Saxon-Norman. I would call them English Early Christian. They are first cousins to the pagan wood shrines whose sites they probably occupy."
a perfect review written by Simon Jenkins writing for The Spectator 3 September 1994
'The Downland churches that disturb us unbelievers'.