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Red-and-Black Painted Medieval Architecture: St Mary's Church, New Shoreham, Sussex, by Giles Standing and Catherine Hassall, published 2006 in The Archaeological Journal (vol. 163, article, pp.92-121)   View Online

Recent survey of the late twelfth- to early thirteenth-century chancel of St Mary's church, New Shoreham (Grade I listed) has revealed traces of two consecutive medieval paint schemes on the architecture, dating from c. 1210. No previous research or publication has taken account of these remains, which indicate the original interior appearance of this large and historic parish church. Samples of the paint have been scientifically analysed, revealing the pigments used and their stratigraphic relationship across the survey area; the identification of carbon black on architectural features is particularly important. Comparison with other ecclesiastical buildings in England and on the Continent indicates that St Mary's chancel is a key example of a widespread decorative scheme of red-and-black architectural polychromy, reinforcing its significance as an exemplar of early Gothic style in medieval England.

A Saxo-Norman Oyster Colour-Dish from St Mary's Church, New Shoreham, Sussex, by Giles Standing, published 2010 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association (vol. 163, article, pp.16-23)   View Online

Beyond the villa: excavation at Southwick, West Sussex, 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, short article, pp.247-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Further beyond the villa: Southwick revisited, 1933 and 2008, by Giles Standing, published 2011 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 149, short article, pp.221-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18614] & The Keep [LIB/500367] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Early Roman stone tesserae from Southwick villa, West Sussex, by J. R. L. Allen and Giles Standing, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, article, pp.95-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Lavishly planned, perhaps in imitation of Fishbourne palace at Chichester nearby to the west, the early Flavian villa at Southwick stands on the coastal plain of the South Downs and the Channel seaboard. It has experienced a complicated and varied sequence of investigations over the last 200 years, but nothing now remains above ground. Losses, dispersals and disposals have significantly reduced the number of border/corridor and mosaic tesserae recovered over the years. Those that remain are of ceramic, soft and hard chalk and, on scientific examination, in this paper, Kimmeridgian dolomitic cement stone. They were probably used to make bichrome ('black' and white), geometric mosaics in the reception rooms and bath suites of the villa. Except for the lack of red and yellow burnt Kimmeridgian shales, the assemblage of tesserae is similar in character to those employed for early mosaics (1st century-early 2nd century AD) across southern Britain as a whole, from Exeter and Caerleon in the west to Silchester, London, Fishbourne and Eccles in the east. All of the sites benefited from a well-organised mosaic industry that exploited the varied geological resources of the Poole-Purbeck region of Dorset. This piece places Southwick villa within this context for the first time.

Gilt-glass tesserae from Southwick Roman villa, West Sussex: a reappraisal, by Giles Standing and G. Jeffery Leigh, published 2012 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 150, short article, pp.214-) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18615] & The Keep [LIB/500368] & S.A.S. library   View Online