Chichester No. 4 / Noviomagus Reginorum

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view of church exterior

the former church, later a bar
Scene Description: the former church, later a bar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roughwood, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2007 by Mark Collins, in the Roughwood British Churches Album [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/WestSussex/Chichester/ChichesterStPeterTheGreat.htm] [accessed 30 July 2012]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 5 January 2005)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07897CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter the Great [aka Subdeanery] [no longer a church]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church is redundant now [deconsecrated?]
Site Location: West Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in West Street
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Additional Comments: moved font? re-cycled font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
The Victoria County History (Sussex, vol. 3, 1935) notes: "The church of St. Peter the Great or Subdeanery, in West Street, was begun in 1850 in the 14th-century style, and was consecrated in 1852. [...] The fittings are modern, except the font, which appears to be of the 15th century and was probably removed from the cathedral." [the latter reference in the VCH is footnoted: "It is described by Sir William Burrell, c. 1780: Add. MS. 5699, fol. 182"]. The Roughwood web site [www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/WestSussex/Chichester/ChichesterStPeterTheGreat.htm] [accessed 30 July 2012] reported in April 2007: "No longer a church, the building houses a bar." [NB: we have no information on the present whereaboiuts of this font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum, for his photograph of this church

REFERENCES

  • Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.