Stonehouse / Stanhus

There is an entry for this Stonehouse [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO8005/stonehouse/] [accessed 15 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 10, 1972) notes: "The church at Stonehouse was probably founded by one of the lords of the manor in the 12th century [...] The oldest parts of the fabric of the earlier church were a Norman north doorway with billet ornament, and a window of the same period in the north wall of the chancel. The church also had a Norman font with star and boss ornament. [...] The north doorway and some of the decoration on the font, however, were copied from their Norman originals." [the latter references in the VCH is footnoted: "Smith, 'Book of Stonehouse', 43." -- this probably refers to C. L. Smith, 'The Book of Stonehouse' (1912)]. Verey & Brooks (1999-2002) note a font from ca. 1853. Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides, the panels carved with basin decorative motifs: cross, floral, etc.); upper rim chamfered; chamfered underbowl, slightly concave, with round moulding at the top of the octagonal stem; plain splaying lower base, also octagonal. Flat octagonal wooden cover with metal decoration and ring handle; modern. The font probably dates to the mid-19th century renovation of this church [NB: we have no information on the present whereabouts of the Norman font of this church].