Stansted House
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
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view of building exterior
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Scene Description: Stansted House digital photograph taken 30 May 2006 by Ben Shade [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StanstedHouse.JPG] [accessed 5 September 2011]
view of chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 July 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 17647STA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Church Location: Stansted Park, Stansted, West Sussex, PO9 6DX
Country Name: England
Location: West Sussex, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A27, NE of Havant, WNW of Chichester, near the Hampshire county border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chichester
Historical Region: Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel
Century and Period: 19th century, Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of chapel and font
Church Notes: "When the new house was built in 1680, the ruins of the old house were converted into a brewery. The brewhouse was converted into a chapel in 1812 and consecrated in 1815, then reconsecrated in 1819 at a service attended by John Keats [...] Services at St. Paul’s chapel are only held occasionally, but the chapel is regularly used for the dedication of civil marriages held at Stansted House." Church of England web site [www.achurchnearyou.com/stansted-st-paul/] [accessed 5 September 2011]
Font Notes:
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A bath-tub shaped font of grey marble, with ribbed underbowl and decorated upper rim; stands on a plain rectangular lower base. There is no record of an earlier font here; the present chapel dates only from 1812.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 646491 5639332
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: no lining