Welcome To St Mary’s Church, Sullington

The little church of St Mary’s in Sullington has nestled beneath the South Downs for almost a thousand years, a haven of peace and tranquillity for all who visit. It is set within the bounds of a yew grove that is even older, surrounded by fields and the ancient farm buildings of Sullington Manor Farm. In the benefice of Sullington & Thakeham with Warminghurst and the Diocese of Chichester, St Mary’s Sullington has been a haven of peace and tranquillity for all who have visited to the present day.

Within the old churchyard, the single remaining old yew tree dates from the Ninth Century. Some distance to the East is a small sapling taken as a cutting from a two-thousand-year-old yew tree, planted to mark the start of the third millennium. As the seasons change there is the varying beauty of the South Downs, rising to 675 feet. Immediately to the north can be seen the fine old Manor House.

Approaching along Sullington Lane observe the massive, weather-boarded and tiled barn with a fine tie-beam roof, dated 1685, said to be the finest example of a Tithe barn to be found in West Sussex and is popular for wedding functions. In the old Churchyard stands a memorial to four local submariners who perished when their submarine sank during the second world war. In the new churchyard reached through the Lychgate, lies another military grave. Read more about our church history Here .