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The bell tower of the church was built between 1080 and 1090, probably on the site of an earlier Saxon church.

Fascinating church in picturesque village.

A tiny church with ancient origins.

The church is built on the site of a Saxon place of worship, of which little remains, there is a priests door in the south wall with a preNorman tympanum which is probably the oldest part of the church.

We are open on the last Thursday morning of the month for coffee and a wonder around our Grade II* listed building.

The church was designed by Basil Spence, the architect of Coventry Cathedral, and was consecrated on the Eve of the Conversion of St Paul, January 24 1959.

Hawkley is a lovely village in the South Downs National Park; the church is at the heart of the village and is a beautiful, welcoming and tranquil 19th century Romanesque style building with an unusual Rhenish helm spire and beautiful interior decoration and stained glass, set in an attractive churchyard.

The church is of 1850 save for the good 14th century tower, south porch and chancel arch.

A thousand years of history steeped in the stones and mortar of this medieval gem of a church.

Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, owned most of Shropshire, and it was he who founded this Benedictine abbey in 1083, he is said to have been buried here when he died in 1094.

St Katherine’s church has been known to exist since around 1208, but it is likely that the nearby well indicates that there has been a place of worship at Loversall for millennia.

An historic and spiritual gem that speaks to us of the past while continuing to serve the present.