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- St Mary's is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm
- Shoreham-by-Sea is easily reached by bus and train, and lies just off the A27 between Brighton and Worthing – see Multimap (external site)
- The church lies at the heart of the town, bounded by Church Street, St Mary's Road and East Street. There are public car parks nearby
We warmly welcome visitors to St Mary's, but at present our visitor facilities are limited. In particular, there are locked gates at the entrance to the choir from the crossing under the tower. This arrangement allows a good general view of the church's interior, but for those wanting to make a more detailed study of the architectural features it is necessary to arrange for someone to open the gates and to be in attendance during visits.
St Mary's Flower Festival 2002
View under crossing, with font, looking east
During the summer months, stewards are on duty to welcome visitors and facilitate access to the whole building for at least two hours each weekday. At other times of the year, intending visitors who wish to view the whole church are invited to contact the Vicar (tel. 01273 452109), who will make arrangements for a steward to be present whenever possible.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Victor Standing
Vicar of St Mary de Haura, New Shoreham
The Church of St Mary de Haura, New Shoreham
in Various Books
English Parish Churches, Edwin Smith
and Olive Cook: pages 43, 47-8 and plates
46-7
The choir "is one of the grandest in any parish church".
The English Church: England's 100 Finest Parish Churches, Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook: pages 102-03
"... One of the most magnificent Romanesque parish churches in the whole of the south-east of England... By the early 13th century the church was complete, and was situated at the centre of one of the most important ports on the south coast of England".
England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins: pages 694-95 and colour plate
A "magnificent church" with a "superb choir"... "a textbook of comparative 12th-century style".
AA Glovebox Guide: Parish Churches of Britain, Richard Foster: page 52
"Inside, the plain Norman tower arches look through into an eloquent exposition of the transitional style unsurpassed in the country: the chancel of circa 1180."
AA Secret Britain: page 112
"... The splendid fifteenth-century houses which surround the 'new' twelfth-century St Mary de Haura – a superb church with a magnificent font of Sussex marble."
South Downs, AA/Ordnance Survey: page 65
"New Shoreham's notable Norman church of St Mary de Haura is well worth seeing."
South East England by Train, AA/NSE: page 102
"A splendid and huge church, Flemish in style, full of Norman details, and rising high above the houses."
The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex, Keith Spence: pages 413-15
"Shoreham is famous for its two magnificent Norman churches... with its noble tower, centrally placed and square-cut, St Mary de Haura is a most queenly building."
The Sussex Landscape, Peter Brandon: page 216
"New Shoreham Church is a splendid building, the noblest of the Sussex parish churches. Since its endowment by William de Braose I, it has been the church 'of the port' (de Haura). Succeeding Braoses lavished wealth upon it, and although the nave fell into ruin in the seventeenth century (by which time Shoreham was in abject decay) the fine Norman tower and beautiful choir, both completed at the height of Shoreham's importance, remain as masterpieces of medieval art."
The Visitor's Guide to Sussex, Jim Cleland: page 94
"Both of Shoreham's churches are notable," they "were given to the Abbey of Saumur in Anjou by William de Braose, and eventually became the property of Magdalen College, Oxford."
The choir "is one of the grandest in any parish church".
The English Church: England's 100 Finest Parish Churches, Tim Tatton-Brown and John Crook: pages 102-03
"... One of the most magnificent Romanesque parish churches in the whole of the south-east of England... By the early 13th century the church was complete, and was situated at the centre of one of the most important ports on the south coast of England".
England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins: pages 694-95 and colour plate
A "magnificent church" with a "superb choir"... "a textbook of comparative 12th-century style".
AA Glovebox Guide: Parish Churches of Britain, Richard Foster: page 52
"Inside, the plain Norman tower arches look through into an eloquent exposition of the transitional style unsurpassed in the country: the chancel of circa 1180."
AA Secret Britain: page 112
"... The splendid fifteenth-century houses which surround the 'new' twelfth-century St Mary de Haura – a superb church with a magnificent font of Sussex marble."
South Downs, AA/Ordnance Survey: page 65
"New Shoreham's notable Norman church of St Mary de Haura is well worth seeing."
South East England by Train, AA/NSE: page 102
"A splendid and huge church, Flemish in style, full of Norman details, and rising high above the houses."
The Companion Guide to Kent and Sussex, Keith Spence: pages 413-15
"Shoreham is famous for its two magnificent Norman churches... with its noble tower, centrally placed and square-cut, St Mary de Haura is a most queenly building."
The Sussex Landscape, Peter Brandon: page 216
"New Shoreham Church is a splendid building, the noblest of the Sussex parish churches. Since its endowment by William de Braose I, it has been the church 'of the port' (de Haura). Succeeding Braoses lavished wealth upon it, and although the nave fell into ruin in the seventeenth century (by which time Shoreham was in abject decay) the fine Norman tower and beautiful choir, both completed at the height of Shoreham's importance, remain as masterpieces of medieval art."
The Visitor's Guide to Sussex, Jim Cleland: page 94
"Both of Shoreham's churches are notable," they "were given to the Abbey of Saumur in Anjou by William de Braose, and eventually became the property of Magdalen College, Oxford."