Church Of St Paul

STOUGHTON STANSTED SU 71 SE 6/293 CHURCH OF ST PAUL 5.6.58 - I

Chancel, nave and south west porch. The west end of the building was part of a late C15 two storeyed house. Red brick. Square-headed windows in west wall with obtusely pointed lights and dripstone over that on first floor, which lights the gallery. Hexagonal buttress at north west angle. The south west porch was originally of two storeys. The remainder of the build- ing was erected by Lewis Way of Stansted House in 1812-16 in rudimentary Gothic style. Also red brick and some flints. Slate roof. Churchwarden Gothic windows. Lewis Way was much concerned with conversion of the Jews and the stained glass windows contain Jewish emblems. John Keats, while waiting to embark on his last journey to Italy in 1819, attended the conse- cration ceremony and describes these windows in his poem 'The Eve of St Agnes', which was written at this time. The church was restored by H S Goodhart-Rendel for Lord Bessborough in 1926 and again after bomb damage in 1947.

Listing NGR: SU7599510183