Church of St. Mary Magdalen
Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Stoke Talmage
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SU69NE
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STOKE TALMAGE
Church of St. Mary Magdalen
18/07/63
GV
II
Church. C13, rebuilt 1758: south porch, vestry and north aisle added 1860 by George Gilbert Scott: east window of 1907 by G.E. Coleridge. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; gabled mid C19 tile roof. Chancel and single-aisled nave with west tower. Gothic Revival style.
Perpendicular-style east window flanked by offset buttresses. South chancel wall has pointed trefoil-headed lancet. North chapel and north aisle have plain two-light Y-tracery windows; pointed lancet in west end of north aisle. Two similar Y-tracery windows in south wall of nave. Gabled south porch with pointed double-chamfered doorway. West tower has pointed and part-blocked roll-moulded doorway with impost blocks: reset C13 lancets.
Interior: mid C19 oak reredos and Decorated-style piscina. Mid C19 chancel arch has jamb shafts with re-used early C13 foliate capitals. Nave has mid C19 pulpit, lectern and pews, and brasses to John Adeane (d.1594) and wife, and John Petre (d.1589) and wife. Three bay arcade to north aisle, which has C17 oak carving re-used as Georgian Royal Arms. Octagonal mid C19 pulpit in west tower. Stained glass: fine figures of c.1850 by Hardman in chancel east and side windows. In south window of nave is window by Mottis and Son, 1904.
Listing NGR: SU6782099272
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1059697
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Mary Magdalen
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Stoke Talmage
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1059697
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jul-1963
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Mary Magdalen
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Stoke Talmage
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 Magdalen, Stoke Talmage
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Stoke Talmage
- National Grid Reference:
- SU6782099272
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 December 2023 remove superfluous source details from text and to correct architect's name and to reformat the text to current standards
SU69NE
4/162
STOKE TALMAGE
Church of St. Mary Magdalen
18/07/63
GV
II
Church. C13, rebuilt 1758: south porch, vestry and north aisle added 1860 by George Gilbert Scott: east window of 1907 by G.E. Coleridge. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; gabled mid C19 tile roof. Chancel and single-aisled nave with west tower. Gothic Revival style.
Perpendicular-style east window flanked by offset buttresses. South chancel wall has pointed trefoil-headed lancet. North chapel and north aisle have plain two-light Y-tracery windows; pointed lancet in west end of north aisle. Two similar Y-tracery windows in south wall of nave. Gabled south porch with pointed double-chamfered doorway. West tower has pointed and part-blocked roll-moulded doorway with impost blocks: reset C13 lancets.
Interior: mid C19 oak reredos and Decorated-style piscina. Mid C19 chancel arch has jamb shafts with re-used early C13 foliate capitals. Nave has mid C19 pulpit, lectern and pews, and brasses to John Adeane (d.1594) and wife, and John Petre (d.1589) and wife. Three bay arcade to north aisle, which has C17 oak carving re-used as Georgian Royal Arms. Octagonal mid C19 pulpit in west tower. Stained glass: fine figures of c.1850 by Hardman in chancel east and side windows. In south window of nave is window by Mottis and Son, 1904.
Listing NGR: SU6782099272
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 November 2024 to correct a name and reformat the text to current standards
SU69NE
4/162
STOKE TALMAGE
Church of St. Mary Magdalen
18/07/63
GV
II
Church. C13, rebuilt 1758: south porch, vestry and north aisle added 1860 by George Gilbert Scott: east window of 1907 by G.E. Coleridge. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; gabled mid C19 tile roof. Chancel and single-aisled nave with west tower. Gothic Revival style.
Perpendicular-style east window flanked by offset buttresses. South chancel wall has pointed trefoil-headed lancet. North chapel and north aisle have plain two-light Y-tracery windows; pointed lancet in west end of north aisle. Two similar Y-tracery windows in south wall of nave. Gabled south porch with pointed double-chamfered doorway. West tower has pointed and part-blocked roll-moulded doorway with impost blocks: reset C13 lancets.
Interior: mid C19 oak reredos and Decorated-style piscina. Mid C19 chancel arch has jamb shafts with re-used early C13 foliate capitals. Nave has mid C19 pulpit, lectern and pews, and brasses to John Adeane (d.1594) and wife, and John Petre (d.1589) and wife. Three bay arcade to north aisle, which has C17 oak carving re-used as Georgian Royal Arms. Octagonal mid C19 pulpit in west tower. Stained glass: fine figures of c.1850 by Hardman in chancel east and side windows. In south window of nave is window by Morris and Son, 1904.
Listing NGR: SU6782099272
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 249008
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 789-790
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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