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            Lancing College was founded by Nathaniel Woodard, curate at Shoreham-by-Sea, in 1848. He went on to establish what is now the Woodard Corporation of schools and academies.
In his 'Plea for the Middle Classes' Woodard had argued the need for more, and less exclusive, independent schools. In these 'the teaching and practice of the Catholic faith, as it is expressed in the Book of Common Prayer', was to be central. Dedicated to Saints Mary and Nicholas, after the beautiful ancient churches of Shoreham, the school moved to its present positon in 1857. The Founder believed in the educational value of 'correct buildings' and employed RC Carpenter as architect of the College. It was his son RH (Herbert) Carpenter and his partner William Slater who completed the design for the Chapel as the place of worship for Lancing College and the Central Minster of all the schools founded by Woodard or associated with his foundation. It is intended as a symbol of faith and a challenge to materialism.
The style of the Chapel was described by Sir George Oatley as 'a perfect blend between the lightness and elegance of the early French Gothic and the strength and muscularity added to it on the soil of England'. The foundation stone was laid in 1868 and the building was done by resident masons. Foundations up to 21m (70ft) deep hold the Chapel on its spectacularly eminent site. It is built of Sussex sandstone from Scaynes Hill. From its completion in 1875 the Crypt was used by the school, until the upper chapel was consecrated on 18 July 1911. Even then, the tower, originally planned to be 107m (350ft) high, and the west end were not built. Between 1921 and 1937 the War Memorial Cloister was built and the interior sumptuously furnished. In 1947 the Friends of Lancing Chapel commissioned a new design for the west end from Stephen Dykes Bower. His west wall and rose window were dedicated on 13 May 1978, but again this remarkable building was left unfinished. At last, on 23 April 2022 a west porch, designed by Michael Drury and constructed of Somerset limestone, was dedicated to complete the Chapel after nearly 154 years.
   

Taken on: June 26, 2023

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