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Construction of Charlwood church was started in 1080, early Norman period. The original church consisted of a nave without aisles, a squat tower without a crossing and a rounded apse beyond. The nave and tower base still survive on the north side of the church. Around 1280 the church was enlarged by adding a south aisle. The church gained its current shape in 1480 when a chantry chapel was built onto the east of the 13th century south aisle and arches were cut into the north wall to open up the building. The wall paintings on the south wall are of national importance. The chancel screen is the only sizeable piece of mediaeval woodwork in Surrey Link