Viva Lewes April 2015 Issue #103

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LADIES DAY AT PLUMPTON RACECOURSE Be on trend at Plumpton Racecourse’s most glamorous raceday of the year, featuring fashion competitions for the most stylish ladies, men and children. Sunday 10th May BOOK ONLINE AND SAVE FUN, FIZZ & FASHION! Get dressed up for all the fun of a day at the races plus live music, entertainment and funfair, or treat yourself to the Glitz & Glamour package and go racing in style. plumptonracecourse.co.uk 01273 890383 Grandstand and Paddock Enclosure: £18 On the day £14 In advance £14 Seniors Glitz and Glamour: Advance booking required Call: 01273 890 383 £80 Admission for children under 18 FREE Picnic Enclosure: £10 Admin fees apply for advance booking
icks and mortar St John sub Castro The church under the castle Walking past the church of St John sub Castro, standing proud on its ancient site surveying the Pells, its brick and flint tower a reflection of the Norman castle which lords over it in turn, it is easy to imagine it has always been there. But the church we see today, clad in scaffolding while repairs to the roof and tower take place, is a relatively modern addition to <strong>Lewes</strong>, built in 1839 at the start of Queen Victoria’s reign. Pictures from the time show the setting to be surprisingly pastoral. St John’s was constructed in anticipation of the town expanding and by the 1851 Religious Census it had indeed become the most visited church in <strong>Lewes</strong>, with a congregation of 500. The current church, built to the design of architect George Cheesman from Brighton to accommodate 1013 people, replaced a much older Saxon church, the arched entrance to which has been built into the northern outside wall (the church does not lie eastwest, but rather north-south due to space constrictions). Set into the eastern outside wall are stones commemorating Magnus, a nobleman who cast off his greatness to become an anchorite, walled up outside the chancel of the old church. The site was once home to two Saxon burial mounds, but by 1839 one of these had already disappeared and the other was demolished to make way for the new church. A tablet taken from the old church and installed in the chancel of the new remembers Peter Guerin Crofts, Rector of St John’s, who died aged 39 in 1784. Fifteen years later, his son of the same name became Rector, and remained in post for 48 years, overseeing the construction of the current church. Now, it is all change once again as St John’s joins forces with Southover and Malling churches to form Trinity Church. Phase one of a major rebuilding programme will see the wooden pews removed and replaced with metal stacking chairs and a new floor put in, so that the church can become a true community centre, replacing the current church hall on Talbot Terrace. The chancel will be remodelled and it is hoped will form the centrepiece of a proposed new band-led family Sunday service. The cast iron chancel screen, a memorial to the First World War, may be moved to a new position around the war memorial plaque, and there are to be two new rooms near the entrance, including a new kitchen. Even more ambitious changes are planned for phase two. Ideas include building a residential flat in the tower and installing glass doors giving a clear view from the chancel all the way out to the street. Ciar Byrne The church is staging an exhibition in the autumn of its past, present and future, and would like to hear from anyone with memorabilia or memories of the church and the surrounding neighbourhood. Please contact richard.field3@btinternet.com Photo courtesy Edward Reeves 73
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