But a religious or moral lesson is not always to be implied by every carving since the sculptors of that period were free to carve what they liked, within reason. This particular carving in St Peter's is probably from the early to middle 13th century. The eastern pillar of the central window on the north side has a face peering through the foliage. This is called a 'Green Man'. The belief that trees and plants were inhabited by spirits, called animism, is ancient and persisted in pagan thought for many centuries and led to different customs in dealing with trees. They were often regarded as part of the community. The spirit of a tree could vacate it and wander abroad as a forest god. In art the change was depicted as one to a human form, though, being a woodland deity, it retained branches and leaves as part of its being. In art, faces would have branches growing from the mouth and heads surrounded by foliage. Such figures were referred to as 'The Green Man' and they are found in many places, this easternmost pillar of the central north chancel window being one of them.

The stained glass in the central north chancel window was the gift of Mrs Christine Peckitt of Chailey Moat in memory of her husband Major Cyril Reed Peckitt who had been a churchwarden. It contains three roundels. The lower one has the Royal Sussex Regimental Badge, that being Major Peckitt's Regiment. The central one depicts St.George of England. The top roundel shows the Parish Church with a lady in the Churchyard.  She depicts Charlotte Hepburn who lived with her brother the Revd Francis Robert Hepburn, Rector of Chailey 1851/1894.

It is worth looking up at the east window and noticing the two gargoyles that terminate the curved arch above the window. Stonemasons were accustomed to carving such figures and often they depicted local personalities. Close inspection shows these two to be male and female. Perhaps they represented Richard de Plaiz and his wife, benefactors of the Church.