East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(121) HANGLETON, St. Helen


121B Mural monument probably for Richard BELLINGHAM, d. 1592

-  Sanctuary, South wall, South-West corner.

-  174(W) x 143(H)~Worn; water damage; local losses (columns).

-  In soft freestone; above, straight entablature; triglyphs in frieze; in centre, moulded panels; flanking columns now lost; kneelers (male to right), he armoured; captions lost; prayer desk; 5 sons (right); 4 daughters (left); below, flowers, vase, 5 dead infants in chrisoms; at foot, base mouldings, in the antique manner, relief masks on pedestals.

-  No M.I.