Question: What is the position of the closed places of worship in Horsham District St. Francis ' Church ?

text: List of places of worship in Horsham District
Closed or disused places of worship

There are more than 110 current and former churches and other places of worship in the district of Horsham, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The town of Horsham, the district's administrative centre, has 86 places of worship in use as of 2020, and a further 27 closed churches which, although still standing, are no longer in religious use. The area has a long history of Christian worship, in both the main population centres (Horsham, Billingshurst, Henfield, Pulborough, Steyning and Storrington) and the surrounding villages and hamlets. Many Anglican churches are of Anglo-Saxon or Norman architecture. Roman Catholic places of worship include chapels within convents and priories, including England's only Carthusian monastery, as well as modern churches. Protestant Nonconformity has been well established since the 17th century. Plymouth Brethren are well represented in the north of the district; Baptists, Methodists and United Reformed Church worshippers have many churches; William Penn lived and preached in the area, which still has a strong Quaker presence; and one of eight chapels belonging to a now vanished local sect, the Society of Dependants, still stands at Warnham. There is also a mosque in the town of Horsham. English Heritage has awarded listed status to nearly 50 current and former church buildings in the district of Horsham. A building is defined as listed when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of special architectural or historic interest in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status: Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of exceptional interest; Grade II* is used for particularly important buildings of more than special interest; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of special interest.
Name Location Denomination/ Affiliation Grade Notes
Amberley Congregational Church Amberley 50°54′31″N 0°32′14″W / 50.9087°N 0.5371°W / 50.9087 ; -0.5371 ( Former Amberley Congregational Chapel , Amberley ) Congregational - This Congregational chapel closed in 1977 or 1978 after more than a century of religious use . The Early English Gothic Revival building , of stone with dressings of red brick , has passed into commercial use
Ashington Methodist Church Ashington 50°56′03″N 0°23′23″W / 50.9342°N 0.3896°W / 50.9342 ; -0.3896 ( Former Ashington Methodist Church , Ashington ) Methodist - Centrally located in Ashington village and opened in 1894 , this church - latterly part of the Downs Section of the Worthing Methodist Circuit , along with the Storrington and Steyning chapels - closed in October 2010 . It has lancet windows with .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps { font-variant : small-caps } .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller { font-size:85% } y - tracery and is built of flint and red brick
Barns Green Chapel Barns Green 51°01′49″N 0°23′47″W / 51.0303°N 0.3963°W / 51.0303 ; -0.3963 ( Former Barns Green Chapel , Barns Green ) Congregational - Members of the Congregational church in Horsham founded a mission chapel in this village in Itchingfield parish in 1865 , and the present building was erected in 1912-13 . The simple brick structure became a house after its closure in 1982 . Its marriage registration , granted in February 1929 , was cancelled in February 1983
St Mary 's Mission Chapel Coolham 50°59′38″N 0°24′19″W / 50.9939°N 0.4052°W / 50.9939 ; -0.4052 ( Former St Mary 's Mission Chapel , Coolham ) Anglican - This chapel of ease to St Mary 's Church at Shipley was opened in 1898 to serve the villagers of Coolham , which was in Shipley parish . It closed in 1974 and was sold for residential conversion in 1977
Cootham Mission Church Cootham 50°55′13″N 0°28′28″W / 50.9202°N 0.4745°W / 50.9202 ; -0.4745 ( Former Cootham Mission Church , Cootham ) Anglican - Concerned by the rise in Nonconformism in Cootham , neighbouring Storrington 's vicar commissioned architects Giles and Gave to design and build a mission chapel for the village . Services were held between 1875 and 1904 and again in the 1940s . The red-brick building , with an apse , lancet windows and a flèche , has been used as the village hall at other times
Pastor Mustow 's Mission Hall Cootham 50°55′09″N 0°28′27″W / 50.9192°N 0.4743°W / 50.9192 ; -0.4743 ( Former Pastor Mustow 's Mission Hall , Cootham ) Independent - Nonconformist worship in Cootham was led by Pastor Robert Mustow , who converted Cootham Cottage into a chapel and Sunday school . A second chapel ( now demolished ) was built in Storrington in 1909 , but services stopped in the 1920s and the cottage reverted to residential use
Crabtree Bethel Chapel Crabtree 51°00′50″N 0°15′35″W / 51.0139°N 0.2598°W / 51.0139 ; -0.2598 ( Former Crabtree Bethel Chapel , Crabtree ) Baptist - This hamlet in the parish of Lower Beeding was given a Particular Baptist chapel in 1835 . It was used for worship until about 1896 , and also served as a school
Shipley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Dragon 's Green 51°00′00″N 0°22′43″W / 50.9999°N 0.3785°W / 50.9999 ; -0.3785 ( Former Shipley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel , Dragon 's Green ) Methodist - Wesleyan Methodists from London Road Methodist Church in Horsham founded a chapel to serve Shipley and surrounding areas in the hamlet of Dragon 's Green in 1880 . Religious worship ceased in 1951 and the building was sold in 1953 for use as a Scout hut
St Francis ' Church Faygate 51°05′36″N 0°15′45″W / 51.0933°N 0.2624°W / 51.0933 ; -0.2624 ( Former St Francis ' Church , Faygate ) Methodist / Anglican - The trustees of Horsham 's Methodist church founded this 100-capacity brick chapel in 1885 , and local builder T. Denny erected it . It was shared with Anglicans from the 1930s , and when Methodist congregations became negligible in the 1960s the building was sold to the Diocese of Chichester , thereafter becoming the Anglican church of St Francis . It closed in 1979 and was converted into a house
Rehoboth Strict Baptist Chapel Henfield 50°55′41″N 0°16′31″W / 50.9281°N 0.2753°W / 50.9281 ; -0.2753 ( Former Rehoboth Strict Baptist Chapel , Henfield ) Baptist - Another corrugated iron former chapel was moved to Henfield from nearby Blackstone . Despite many vicissitudes and the lack of a permanent minister , it served Strict Baptists from 1897 until 1990 , when it was sold after congregations declined
Nep Town Mission Chapel Henfield 50°55′41″N 0°16′41″W / 50.9281°N 0.2781°W / 50.9281 ; -0.2781 ( Former Nep Town Mission Chapel , Henfield ) Congregational - This small corrugated iron building , facing Nep Town Road in the Nep Town area of Henfield village , was associated with the Congregationalist cause when it was founded . In 1940 it joined the present Henfield Evangelical Free Church - itself a Congregational church at the time - and has since become a carpentry shop
St Mark 's Church Horsham 51°03′47″N 0°19′33″W / 51.0630°N 0.3258°W / 51.0630 ; -0.3258 ( Former St Mark 's Church , Horsham ) Anglican - Horsham 's second church , after the ancient St Mary 's parish church , was erected on land donated by Thomas Coppard in 1841 . William Moseley 's Early English-style building was replaced by William Habershon and Edgar Brock 's stone church in 1870 . It was extended in 1888 , closed in the 1930s and reopened briefly in 1948 before its final closure . The spire and tower survive , but most of the building was demolished in 1989 for office development by Royal & Sun Alliance
Railway Mission Hall Horsham 51°03′50″N 0°19′01″W / 51.0640°N 0.3170°W / 51.0640 ; -0.3170 ( Former Railway Mission Hall , Horsham ) Independent - Horsham 's branch of the non-denominational Railway Mission opened in 1896 in the Oakhill area of the town . It thrived for more than 100 years , but closed at the end of the 20th century and is now in commercial use
Primitive Methodist Chapel Horsham 51°04′10″N 0°19′54″W / 51.0694°N 0.3316°W / 51.0694 ; -0.3316 ( Former Primitive Methodist Chapel , Horsham ) Methodist - Several Primitive Methodist chapels were founded in the Horsham area in the late 19th century . This brick building on Rushams Road in the northwest of the town dates from 1885 ; it closed in the early 1920s . It was later acquired by the British Red Cross and was used for the provision of mobility aids , but in August 2016 it was announced that the centre would be closed and the building sold
Salvation Army Citadel Horsham 51°03′45″N 0°19′28″W / 51.0624°N 0.3244°W / 51.0624 ; -0.3244 ( Former Salvation Army Citadel , Horsham ) Salvation Army - This building replaced the original Salvation Army place of worship on Springfield Road in 1969 . The original citadel , formerly the town 's National school , dated from 1887 . Religious and social activities moved to another new citadel in the early 21st century
Mannings Heath Wesleyan Chapel Mannings Heath 51°02′48″N 0°16′54″W / 51.0467°N 0.2817°W / 51.0467 ; -0.2817 ( Former Mannings Heath Wesleyan Chapel , Mannings Heath ) Methodist - This red-brick Gothic Revival chapel was in use between 1869 and 1973 , and replaced an 1832 building which was Mannings Heath 's first place of worship : the Anglican church was founded later . The trustees of London Road Methodist Church in Horsham established the original chapel
Maplehurst Congregational Mission Room Maplehurst 51°00′47″N 0°18′13″W / 51.0131°N 0.3035°W / 51.0131 ; -0.3035 ( Former Maplehurst Congregational Mission Chapel , Maplehurst ) United Reformed - Horsham Congregational Church founded this wayside red- and yellow-brick building as a Congregational chapel in the mid-1890s . Services had started a few years earlier in a small room in the village . It joined the United Reformed Church when that denomination was formed in 1972 , but declining use led to its closure soon afterwards
Providence Congregational Chapel Marehill 50°57′19″N 0°29′12″W / 50.9554°N 0.4868°W / 50.9554 ; -0.4868 ( Former Mare Hill Congregational Chapel , Marehill ) Congregational - Serving the east end of Pulborough , this stuccoed Classical-style building with arched windows was erected in 1845 for the Congregational community . It became redundant after a new church was opened in the centre of Pulborough , and was sold in 1947 for conversion into a shop . The building was refronted in 2002
St Mary the Virgin 's Church North Stoke 50°53′15″N 0°33′05″W / 50.8874°N 0.5514°W / 50.8874 ; -0.5514 ( Former St Mary the Virgin 's Church , North Stoke ) Anglican I The dedication of this unrestored , partly 11th-century church was rediscovered in 2007 after it was lost centuries earlier . Worship ceased in 1992 , and the cruciform stone building was placed in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust . The transepts have excellent windows and date from about 1290 , and medieval carvings abound
Jarvis Hall Steyning 50°53′14″N 0°19′30″W / 50.8872°N 0.3251°W / 50.8872 ; -0.3251 ( Jarvis Hall , Steyning ) Plymouth Brethren II Now in residential use , this Nonconformist chapel has housed four different congregations since its construction in 1835 . Rev . Edward Lambert of Brighton founded it for the Countess of Huntingdon 's Connexion , but the cause soon failed and Wesleyan Methodists bought it in 1843 . The Salvation Army used it for a time , then between 1907 and 1987 Plymouth Brethren worshipped there . The simple Neoclassical building has a stuccoed façade , four large pilasters , arched windows and a pediment . The Methodist congregation moved into the new Steyning Methodist Church in 1878