{"id":37474,"date":"2023-09-01T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37474"},"modified":"2023-09-01T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:46:36","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-concerns-raised-after-door-removed-from-grade-i-historic-petworth-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37474","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Concerns raised after door removed from Grade I historic Petworth church"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An historic door to a church of \u2018the highest historical significance\u2019 has been removed, causing some upset in Petworth, writes Sussex World.<\/em><\/h3>\n
image for illustration: St Mary’s Church, Petworth<\/a> by Smb1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 plans for the door were \u2018invasive\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Sussex World<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

St Mary\u2019s Church in Church Street was built in the 13th and 14th centuries and restored by Sir Charles Barry in 1827, the architect responsible for the Houses of Parliament.<\/p>\n

In a bid to make the building more welcoming, the historic door has been removed and replaced with a glass-panelled substitute, upsetting some in the town.<\/p>\n

John Bird owner of John Bird Antiques, directly opposite the church, mourned the loss of what he said was part of the county\u2019s most famous views\u2026<\/p>\n

The Victorian Society had strong words about the plans during part of the planning process back in 2021. Describing the building as a \u2018church of the highest architectural and historical significance\u2019, the society said plans for the door were \u2018invasive\u2019 adding: \u201cThey would result in the removal of what is likely a door dating from Barry\u2019s restoration and a later 19th century lobby. The Society recognises that the parish wish to make the building more welcoming to passing visitors and easier to access\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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An historic door to a church of \u2018the highest historical significance\u2019 has been removed, causing some upset in Petworth, writes Sussex World. image for illustration: St Mary’s Church, Petworth by Smb1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37476,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37474\/revisions\/37476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}