St James the Less Church, Lancing

St James the Less Church
The church from the south
50°50′16″N 0°19′21″W / 50.8379°N 0.3226°W / 50.8379; -0.3226
Location	Manor Road, North Lancing, Lancing, West Sussex BN15 0EY
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	https://saintjamesthelesslancing.co.uk/
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	12th century
Dedication	James the Less
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	12 October 1954
Style	Early English/Decorated Gothic (Transitional)
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Chichester
Archdeaconry	Chichester
Deanery	Rural Deanery of Worthing
Parish	Lancing, St James the Less
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Fr Felix Smith [1]
Curate(s)	Fr Ben Scott

St James the Less Church is the Anglican parish church of Lancing, an ancient village which has been absorbed into the modern town of Lancing in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in the 12th century in the most northerly of the three settlements in Lancing parish, which has Saxon origins. The present building is mostly 13th-century in appearance, and structural work has been carried out several times since—particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the church was restored from a ruinous condition. English Heritage has listed the church at Grade I for its architectural and historical importance.