CHURCH OF ST MARTIN
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1053025
Date first listed: 29-Jun-1988
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, CHURCH STREET
Map
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARTIN, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Bladon
National Grid Reference: SP 44924 14827
Details
BLADON CHURCH STREET
SP4414 (East side)
20/3 Church of St. Martin
GV II
Church. Medieval; rebuilt 1804 and remodelled 1891 by A.W. Blomfield. Limestone
ashlar; stone-coped gabled concrete-tile roof. Chancel with north chapel, aisled
nave and west tower. Decorated-style 3-light east windows; buttressed 3-bay
south wall has foliated round window and cusped one-light windows;
Perpendicular-style 2-light window to north and 2 cusped lights to north chapel.
Nave: 3 gabled bays with 2-light Decorated-style windows to north; two similar
bays and buttress with C14 tracery set in gable to south, and Decorated-style
south porch. 3-stage west tower has Decorated-style 2-light belfry windows and
embattled parapet with corner pinnacles. Interior: late C19 chapel and chancel
arches. 4-bay timber arcade with arch-braced roof. Late C19 stained glass.
Formerly the parish church of Woodstock. Sir Winston Churchill is buried in the
churchyard.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp849; Bodleian Library, Topographical
Drawings; National Monuments Record)
Listing NGR: SP4492414827
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 252656
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J , The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing