Stopham
Stopham | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Pulborough | |
Postcode district | RH20 | |
Dialling code | 01798 | |
Police | Sussex | |
Fire | West Sussex | |
Ambulance | South East Coast | |
UK Parliament | ||
Stopham is a
The parish has a land area of 874 acres (354 ha). The
Manor
The
Part of the present manor house is dated 1485, but there was a house on the site before that.[3] The house was given a new east front in the 16th century but was partly demolished in 1638.[3] Its plan is E-shaped,[3][4] a layout popular for Jacobean manor houses. The house is a Grade II* listed building.[3]
Parish church
The earliest parts of the
St Mary's parish is part of a combined benefice with the parish of St Mary the Virgin, Fittleworth.[6]
Stopham Bridge
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Stopham Bridge is a Grade I listed building
The bridge carried the A283 through the village, with traffic light control being introduced in 1936.
In 1986, Stopham Bridge was superseded by a new reinforced concrete bridge, located just 50 feet to the north, to alleviate the large queues which built up at this point and due to increasing levels of damage to the inside of the parapet by vehicles traversing the bridge. Due to poor ground conditions, the piers of the new bridge are supported on piles that go down between 15 and 20 metres to the sandstone bedrock.[10][11][12]
Economic history
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The parish is bounded to the east by the
Lee Farm, about 0.5 miles (800 m) southwest of the village, is a timber-framed house Tudor with red brick nogging.[15] A date carved in two places on the house says either "1492" or, more likely, "1592".[15] The house is a Grade II* listed building.[15]
In the 1790s work began to make the Rother navigable to
Stopham has a
Stopham Vineyard was established in 2007 upon the planting of 21,000 vines on a six-hectare (15-acre) estate by its owner, Simon Woodhead.[17]
References
- ^ a b c "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. Barttelot baronetcy
- ^ a b c d Historic England (22 February 1955). "Manor Farmhouse (1265614)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 342
- ^ a b c d Historic England (22 February 1955). "The Parish Church of St Mary (1226926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Archbishops' Council (2010). "Benefice of Stopham and Fittleworth". Church of England. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b c Historic England (22 February 1955). "Stopham Bridge (1226929)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Stopham Bridge (1005889)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ Simmons, Donald (2016). Stopham Bridge, Geograph, Accessed 24 May 2017.
- ^ Simmons, Donald (2016). The old and the new bridges at Stopham, Geograph, Accessed 24 May 2017.
- ^ Cox, Nigel (2009). River Arun: A283 Stopham Road bridge, Geograph, Accessed 24 May 2017.
- ^ Stopham Ancient Bridge, Engineering Timelines, Accessed 24 May 2017.
- ^ Jervoise 1930, p. 57.
- ^ a b Jervoise 1930, p. 58.
- ^ a b c Historic England (22 February 1955). "Lee Farmhouse (1227068)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ The White Hart, Stopham Bridge
- ^ Smithers, Rebecca (2015). Sussex vineyards in bid to put themselves on Europe's wine map, The Guardian, Accessed 24 May 2017.
Sources and further reading
- Jervoise, Edwyn (1930). The Ancient Bridges of the South of England. Vol. I. Westminster: The Architectural Press for the SPAB. pp. 57–58.
- ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Vine, P.A.L. (1995). London's Lost Route to Midhurst The Earl of Egremont's Navigation. ISBN 0750909684.
External links
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