Downs Rd (Off B2178) West Stoke Chichester
01243 341323

St Andrew's Church, West Stoke, with St Mary's Church, Funtington, and St Mary's Church, Sennicotts, became a single Parish Benefice in 2015. We celebrate and seek to serve God the Holy Trinity - and everyone is welcome to the Churches and the Services: 1st Sundays 9am Holy Communion with Hymns & Sermon, from Book of Common Prayer AND 3rd Sundays 9am Morning Prayer with Hymns & Sermon (BCP Matins). 5th Sundays - see special notices.

PARISH WEBSITE: www.funtingtonweststoke.com  FULL OF INFORMATION!

Notes about St Andrew's Church

St Andrew's Church, West Stoke was originally the second church of the parish of Bosham and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. There is a Saxon nave and the outside walls contain some reused Roman bricks. In the 13th century the chancel was rebuilt and a small tower incorporating a porch was added to the south side of the nave. In 1841 the chancel arch was rebuilt and two of the nave windows renewed. Later in the century a vestry was added on the north side. In 1876 the old rectory was pulled down and a new one built nearby for the Rev William Shaw. In 1990 during redecoration fragments of medieval wall paintings believed to date from about 1200 were found and have been restored. St Andrew's is now part of the Benefice of Funtington but the incumbent retains the title of Rector for this church.

Church Lane Funtington Chichester
01243341323
https://www.funtingtonweststoke.com

The Parish (Benefice) of FUNTINGTON & WEST  STOKE, with SENNICOTTS, became one Parish in 2015. We celebrate a living faith in God the Holy Trinity, and everyone is welcome to the Services and other Activities. We have good creative links with Funtington Primary School (West Ashling) and Oakwood Preparatory School, and serve the Village Communities of East and West Ashling, as well as the surrounding hamlets.  

PARISH WEBSITE: www.funtingtonweststoke.com  FULL OF INFORMATION!!

Notes about Funtington, St Mary's Church.

There has been a church on this site since the 13th century; by the 16th century the present bell tower, which now contains three bells cast in 1897, had been added. The church was extensively renovated and enlarged in 1859. The tower at the west end, the chancel, the small chapels to the southeast and northeast (which now houses the organ) and arcades of three arches on each side of the nave are all that remain of the old building.
On the south wall there is a memorial to Viscount Portal of Hungerford, and an engraved window to the memory of Sir Robert Stirling Hamilton - the work of Simon Whistler. There is a memorial panel in the north aisle to Miss Jessie Sparkes, who came from a family with a long connection with the parish. She lived to the age of 108 and 4 months.
In the large churchyard are the graves of Richard Churcher (who endowed Churcher's College in Petersfield), Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis and more recently Colonel ‘Pat' Porteous V.C.

Chapel Lane Sennicotts Funtington
01243 341323
https://www.funtingtonweststoke.com

Since 2015, St Mary's Church, Sennicotts, has become part of the One Parish with St Mary, Funtington, and St Andrew, West Stoke. We celebrate and seek to serve God the Holy Trinity in the Villages and Hamlets of the Parish - including East & West Ashling.

PARISH WEBSITE: www.funtingtonweststoke.com  FULL OF INFORMATION!

Notes about St Mary's Church, Sennicotts.

St Mary's, known also as Sennicotts Chapel: Sennicotts House is a large house built at the beginning of the 19th century by Charles Baker of the East India Company. In 1829 Charles Baker fell out with the Vicar of Funtington, George Bliss, and petitioned to build Sennicotts Church. The chapel was duly built and consecrated by the Bishop of Chichester but it was another 100 years before, following a Privy Council decision, it became part of the Benefice of Funtington. It has recently been refurbished with great attention to restoring the original detail, including the pink "pig's blood" colour of the walls.

 

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