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Chichester Cross is an elaborate Perpendicular market cross in the centre of the city of Chichester, West Sussex, standing at the intersection of the four principal streets. It is a Grade I listed building.
- Chichester Cathedral
- Pallant House Gallery
- Fishbourne Roman Palace
- Weald & Downland Living Museum
- Bishop’s Palace Garden
- Chichester Walls
- Goodwood House
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- Novium
- Chichester Cross
A rousing mix of Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture, Chichester Cathedral was started in 1075 and consecrated in 1108. It is quite unlike other English cathedrals for its twin aisles and because it has a campanile. You’ll have no trouble telling which parts of the building are original as they have Romanesque semi-circular window openings an...
When he passed away in 1985, the priest and avid art collector Water Hussey left his considerable collection to the city. This was all on the condition that these works be displayed at Pallant House, a gorgeous 18th-century Queen Anne-style townhouse. A new multimillion-pound wing was added in the 2000s, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Rooted ...
On the southwestern edge of Chichester sits the largest Roman residence unearthed in Britain. The Fishbourne Roman Palace is also remarkable for its age, dating to AD 75, just three decades after the Roman Conquest of Britain. The palace was excavated in the 1960s, and was revealed to be about the same size as Nero’s Golden House in Rome. A modern ...
In the South Downs National Park, this excellent outdoor museum has more than 50 historic buildings across 40 acres. These monuments, from Kent, Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex, were earmarked for demolition before being carefully dismantled and reconstructed on this site. There are timber-framed cottages, a market hall, barns, granaries, farmhouses, ...
In the southwest corner of Chichester’s wall circuit is a charming garden, looked after by Chichester District Council but not in the register or parks and gardens. You can get in via the Bishop’s Palace Cannon Gate on Canon Lane to be dazzled by immaculate formal flowerbeds against the evocative backdrop of the old walls. The arboretum has some 10...
Chichester has the most intact Roman city walls in the country. Remarkably, over three quarters of the original Roman structure survives today, more than 1,800 years after it was constructed. For that we can partly thank the Anglo-Saxons, who maintained the walls after Alfred the Great turned Chichester into a burh (fortified town) in the 9th centu...
The Seat of the Dukes of Richmond, Goodwood House was founded at the start of the 17th century and later enlarged by stars of 18th-century English architecture like Matthew Brettingham and James Wyatt. The estate is still private, but opens for tours from March to October. This isn’t an opportunity to pass up, as Goodwood House has a very rich art ...
A venue for high-quality productions, and a mainstay of the community, the Chichester Festival Theatre opened in 1962. Its first artistic director was none other than Laurence Olivier, forming the company that would merge with the Old Vic in London to create the National Theatre Company. That alone, gives you a sense of the Chichester Festival Thea...
This award-winning modern museum building was constructed over Chichester’s Roman baths and opened in 2012. On Tower Street, these baths were discovered during the construction of a car park in the 1960s. Novium has a reserve of hundreds of thousands of artefacts, recovered from this excavation and others around the Roman city. The baths make up th...
Where Chichester’s two Roman streets converge in the city’s pedestrian-friendly old centre stands the Chichester Cross, an exuberant Perpendicular Gothic monument. This most likely dates from the last decades of the 15th century and would have served as a meeting point and a place for people to sell their wares up the early 1800s. The Chichester Cr...
- Visit Sussex's Only Cathedral: Chichester Cathedral. To give you an idea of just how big Chichester Cathedral is, local lore has it that, should the need arise, every one of Chichester's 23,000 citizens could fit within its walls at the same time.
- Explore the UK's Biggest Roman Home: Fishbourne Roman Palace. Just 10 minutes' drive away from Chichester Cathedral, Fishbourne Roman Palace provides a fascinating glimpse into an even earlier period from England's past.
- Chill Out in the Bishop's Palace Gardens. Established around 1147 and located just a short stroll to the west of the cathedral, Bishop's Palace Gardens are often overlooked by tourists.
- Wander Chichester's Historic City Center. With ample parking and a centrally located train station, pedestrian-friendly Chichester is a delight to explore on foot.
The Chichester Cross still stands tall in the central square of the city but did you know its history goes all the way back to the Medieval times? Find out a...
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Discover the beauty and history of Chichester Cross, a medieval market cross located in the heart of the historic city of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Explore the nearby cathedral, museums, galleries, and natural wonders, and indulge in local cuisine. Plan your visit now.
Chichester Cross, built c. 1477–1503; depicted by Edward Story, c.1831. Chichester Cross, which is a type of buttercross familiar in old market towns, was built in 1501 as a covered marketplace, and stands at the intersection of the four main roads in the centre of the city.
Erected in the late 15th century, this intricate perpendicular market cross stands at the intersection of ancient Roman roads that connected Chichester to London and other parts of Roman Britain.
