Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1052931
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1052931
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1957
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Steeple Barton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 44824 24896
Details
STEEPLE BARTON CHURCH LANE SP42SW (East side) 3/270 Church of St. Mary 27/08/57
GV II* Church. Early C14 and C15, with C15 west tower; restored 1850 by Buckler. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; stone-coped gabled artificial stone slate roof. Chancel and aisled nave with west tower. Two-bay chancel has mid C19 reticulated 3-light Perpendicular-style windows to south, and vestry with similar window and octagonal stone stack to north. 3-bay nave has pointed arched doorway and similar windows to north, and similar windows and 2-light Decorated-style west window to south aisle. Mid C19 gabled south porch: hood mould with head stops over early C14 pointed moulded south doorway with jamb shafts. 2-stage crenellated west tower: 3-light Perpendicular west window above arched and square-headed doorway with quatrefoil spandrels; offset corner buttresses, and upper stage of ironstone; offset corner buttresses, and upper stage of ironstone with hood moulds over stone-louvred 2-light windows with arched lights and sunk spandrels. Interior: chancel has Minton tile floor, and mid C19 arch-braced roof supported on corbels of carved angels. Mid C19 chancel arch. Early C14 five-bay south arcade has hood moulds with head stops over double-chamfered arches supported on octagonal piers with carved heads, one with linking arms, to 3 capitals. Mid C19 arch-braced nave roof, with 3 early C14 head corbels to NE. South aisle has similar roof with 2 early C14 head corbels, an early C14 Decorated piscina, and a fluted C12 tub font with moulded base. C15 tower arch. C17 and C18 ledger stones. Mid C19 fittings, and stained glass in chancel. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p788; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol XI, pp73-4; National Monuments Record)
Listing NGR: SP4482424896
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252924
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 73-4
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 788
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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