Parish church built in 1793, by Samuel Pepys Cockerell. It was to replace the former parish church which had been demolished by 1793, after suffering extensive damage during the English Civil War. The tower and portico were added in 1818-22 by Charles Robert Cockerell. Internal alterations commenced circa 1858-9.
The new chancel was opened in October 1874, and later the chancel floor was raised and the present tessellated pavement put down; the decorations were completed by Messrs. Heaton, Butler & Bayne in 1876. The upper section of the apse represents, on a gold ground, the Lord Enthroned in Majesty, surrounded by the four and twenty elders. In the three lower sections of the apse are life-size paintings of the twelve Apostles, also on a gold ground, and on the ceiling is the Sacred Name in Greek characters, encircled with rays of gold.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Chancel, Wall Painting, Apse, Medieval Church, Georgian Parish Church