{{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&nbsp;miles (7.2&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 &mdash; 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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