St Mark's Church, Hadlow Down

St Mark's Church
Church of St Mark the Evangelist
The church from the southeast
50°59′48″N 0°10′43″E / 50.9967°N 0.1787°E / 50.9967; 0.1787
Location	Main Road, Hadlow Down, East Sussex TN22 4HY
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Modern Catholic[1]
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1834
Founder(s)	Benjamin Hall
Dedication	Mark the Evangelist
Consecrated	6 May 1836
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	31 December 1982
Architect(s)	William Moseley (1834 building); George Fellowes Prynne (1913 rebuilding)
Style	Perpendicular Gothic Revival
Completed	1836
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Chichester
Archdeaconry	Lewes and Hastings
Deanery	Rural Deanery of Uckfield
Parish	Buxted and Hadlow Down
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Dr John Barker

St Mark's Church (dedicated to St Mark the Evangelist) is an Anglican church in the village of Hadlow Down in the district of Wealden, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. Founded in 1834 by a committed local resident who petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury for permission to establish a chapel in the poor agricultural village, the church proved popular—despite the competing presence of two Nonconformist chapels nearby—and was extended in 1913. The stone-built church, with its tall spire and well-regarded "living churchyard" nature reserve, is now Hadlow Down's only remaining place of worship. English Heritage has listed it at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.