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| RefNo | PP/WSL/P003420 |
| Short title | St Mary's Parish Church, Sompting |
| Full description | Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sompting. View from east through a wrought-iron gate towards the church. In background is tower built of flint and Roman bricks and with gabled pyramidal cap known as a Rhenish helm. Porch on left. The tower and part of the nave date from the Saxon period, with further building taking place from the 12th to the 14th century.
This is one of two images forming a stereoscopic photograph. Stereoscopic cameras came into fashion in the UK after being displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851, when Queen Victoria ordered her own viewers and pictures. The technique, then in its infancy, involved taking two simultaneous exposures of the same image, which when viewed together using a stereoscopic viewer appeared in 3D. The 3D effect was most successful if the image had a strong feature in the foreground and a full range of features from mid-ground backwards. [Information courtesy of Tony Vinicombe of the Stereoscopic Society]. |
| Date | c1870 |
| Period | Victorian |
| Period dates | 20 June 1837-22 Jan 1901 |
| Format | Photograph |
| Owner | West Sussex County Council Library Service |
| Subject | Religious Buildings/Churches |
| Architecture/Period/Anglo-Saxon & Dark Ages (411-1065) |
| Architecture/Period/Norman (1066-1154) |
| Architecture/Period/Middle Ages (1155-1484) |
| Architecture/Structure/Flint |
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Places
| Place Entry | Code |
| /Sompting//West Sussex | NA483 |