{{Short description|Village and parish in West Sussex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Funtington | country = England | civil_parish = Funtington | region = South East England | static_image = Funtington Church.JPG | static_image_caption = Funtington Church | area_footnotes =<ref name="WSCC2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |title=2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish |publisher=West Sussex County Council |access-date=4 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075926/http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 20.02 | population = 1,549. | population_ref = 2011 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123647&c=Funtington&d=16&e=62&g=6473719&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1444916347198&enc=1|title=Civil parish population 2011|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> | population_density = {{convert|72|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}} | os_grid_reference = SU800083 | coordinates = {{coord|50.86908|-0.8634|display=inline,title}} | post_town = CHICHESTER | postcode_area = PO | postcode_district = PO18 | dial_code = 01243 | constituency_westminster = Chichester | london_distance = {{convert|54|mi}} NE | shire_district = Chichester | shire_county = West Sussex | website = [https://www.funtingtonpc.org/ Parish Council] }} '''Funtington''' is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England.<ref name=EX120>OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. {{ISBN|978 0319240793}}</ref> It lies on the B2146 Road 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Chichester. The parish also contains the villages of East and West Ashling, West Stoke and the Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve lies at its northern tip. There is a farm produce shop and a pub at the centre of the village. Funtington Primary School is in the village of West Ashling.
==Governance== {{main|Funtington (UK electoral ward)}} An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Compton with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,671.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/funtington-e05007614#sthash.e0I52MGd.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
==Religious sites== St Mary's Anglican church, dating from the 12th Century, is the principal church in the parish of Funtington.{{efn|The church of St Mary's was founded in 13th century. There was a restoration in 1859, which Nairn and Pevsner were very critical of describing it as "senseless".<ref name=nairn>{{Cite book|last2=Pevsner|first2= Nikolaus|last1=Nairn|first1=Ian|author-link1=Ian Nairn|author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner|title=Sussex|series=The Buildings of England|year=1965|location=Harmondsworth|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0-300-09677-1}}</ref>{{rp|p. 39}}}}<ref name=par1>{{Cite web|title=Funtington Parish|url=https://www.funtingtonweststoke.org.uk|access-date=16 July 2025}}</ref>{{efn|According to the St Mary's parish website, the church has become busier, particularly amongst the young with a local school holding special choir services. The building has been extended to provide a church room, funded by local benefactors and parish money-raising events.<ref name=par1/>}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-22 |title=Parish of Funtington with West Stoke and Sennicotts |url=https://www.funtingtonweststoke.org.uk/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422194252/https://www.funtingtonweststoke.org.uk/ |archive-date=22 April 2025 }}</ref>
St Andrew's{{efn|name=andrews|St Andrew's has a plastered flint exterior. The nave walls are 11th century.<ref name=nairn/>{{rp|p. 375}}}} church at West Stoke is of Saxon origin. The chapel of St Mary's at Sennicotts{{efn|name=senn|Sennicotts is a house and country estate in the Parish of Funtington.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sennicotts Regency Villa and Historic Gardens in West Sussex|url=http://sennicotts.com/|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>}} lies about two miles (3 km) to the east, off the Chichester road.<ref name=par1 />
===The Old Congregational Chapel=== The old Congregational Chapel, is a Grade II listed building, situated on the road between East Ashling and Funtington, opposite the turning to West Ashling.<ref>{{NHLE| num= 1354506| desc= Old Spire Chapel, West Ashling, Chichester, PO18 9DH}}</ref> The foundation stone of the chapel was laid on 18 September 1863. Most of the building material used was stone recovered from the fallen tower of Chichester Cathedral;<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Church, Chapel and |journal=The Building News and Engineering Journal|volume= 10|page= 785|publisher=Builders News|location=London|year=1863}}</ref> the tower having collapsed during a storm in 1861.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Urban|first=Sylvanus|date=1861|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review|volume=210|title=Fall of Chichester Spire|pages=526–529|publisher=John Henry and James Parker|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9whAAAAMAAJ&q=Fall%20of%20Chichester%20526&pg=PA526}}</ref> The chapel closed, as place of worship, between 1934 and 1938. It became a scout headquarters for a while and then a clock museum run by the Clock Trust.{{efn|The Clock Trust was dissolved in 2018<ref name=CT>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07463073|title=The Clock Trust|publisher=Companies House|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>}}<ref name=funt1>{{Cite web|title=Congregational Chapel|publisher=Funtington Archive|url=https://sites.google.com/site/funtingtonarchive/west-ashling/congregational-chapel|access-date=12 April 2017|archivedate=7 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107232127/https://sites.google.com/site/funtingtonarchive/west-ashling/congregational-chapel|url-status=deviated}}</ref>
==Landmarks== Kingley Vale lies on the border of the parish which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a national nature reserve. It is noted for its yew woodlands.<ref>{{cite web|title=SSSI Citation — Kingley Vale |publisher=Natural England |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002819.pdf |access-date=4 April 2009}}</ref> The site is also known for its archaeological interest including Bronze Age and Roman earthworks, cross dykes, a camp and a field system.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971), lived at West Ashling and is buried in Funtington churchyard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/charles-viscount-portal | title=Charles, Viscount Portal }}</ref>
Pat Porteous (1918-2000), a Victoria Cross recipient who took part in the raid on Dieppe in August 1942 is buried in St Mary's churchyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm |title=SUSSEX |website=www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028141812/http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/sussex.htm |archive-date=28 October 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:St Mary, Sennicotts (3) (geograph 1895908).jpg|St Mary's, Sennicotts{{efn|name=senn}} File:St. Andrews, West Stoke, West Sussex (geograph 2171456).jpg|St Andrew's, West Stoke{{efn|name=andrews}} File:Old Congregational Chapel Time Machine - geograph.org.uk - 1563319.jpg|Old Congregational Chapel File:KingleyVale.JPG|Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve </gallery>
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