Poynings


Poynings is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The parish lies wholly with the South Downs National Park. The planning authority for Pyecombe is therefore the South Downs National Park Authority, the statutory planning authority for the National Park area.
The village is located on the north side of the South Downs near Devil's Dyke, five miles north-west of Brighton. The civil parish covers an area of and has a population of 287, including Newtimber and increasing to 432 at the 2011 Census.
There is a public house, the Royal Oak.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church is Poynings’ parish church, located at the east end of the village, on The Street, at.
The church is in the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, Archdeaconry of Horsham.
The church is a Grade I listed building, described in the National Heritage List for England as 'One of the finest village medieval churches in Sussex'.

Listed Buildings and Scheduled Monuments

Poynings civil parish contains ten listed buildings. Of these, one is Grade I and the remaining nine are Grade II. The parish contains four scheduled monuments.

Listed buildings

Grade I listed buildings:
In the village opposite Holy Trinity Church there is a small sheltered memorial called Cora's Corner, which pays tribute to a former resident of Poynings; two benches in the shelter, Judy's Seat and Merrilee's Seat, are tributes to Cora's two daughters. The road linking Cora's Corner to the Royal Oak is called Cora's Walk.