Tapsel gate at East Dean Church, East Sussex
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Tapsel gate at East Dean Church, East Sussex
Image: © Andrew Diack Taken: 25 Feb 2022
This photo shows a Tapsel gate at the Grade 1 listed St Simon and St Jude church in East Dean, East Sussex. A Tapsel gate is a variety of wooden gate which is virtually unique to Sussex. It can be rotated 90° around a central pivot in either direction before coming to a stop at two fixed points. It was named after a Sussex family member, probably John Tapsel, who invented it in the late 18th century. The six surviving examples all lie within a 16 kilometre or 10 mile radius of Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.
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