St Andrew's Church, West Tarring

St Andrew's Church
The church from the northwest
50°49′29″N 0°23′45″W / 50.8247°N 0.3958°W / 50.8247; -0.3958
Location	Church Road, West Tarring, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 1HQ
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Saint Andrew's Parish Church, West Tarring
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	11th century
Founder(s)	Archbishop of Canterbury
Dedication	Saint Andrew
Dedicated	By 1372
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	11 October 1949
Style	Perpendicular Gothic
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Chichester
Archdeaconry	Chichester
Deanery	Rural Deanery of Worthing
Parish	West Tarring, St Andrew
Clergy
Rector	Rev. Fr Steven Emerson

St Andrew's Church is the Church of England parish church of Tarring, West Sussex, England. Founded in the 11th century in a then rural parish which had earlier been granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the church remained a peculier of Canterbury for many centuries thereafter. It served nearby parishes when their churches fell into disrepair, John Selden was baptised here, and the church became a base for smuggling. The present building is mostly 13th-century, and its tall spire is a landmark in the area.^[1] The church is a Grade II* Listed Building.