Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1233027
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-08-29
- Reference:
- IOE01/08509/07
- Rights:
- © Mr Julian Tomasso. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1233027
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- 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:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Weston-on-the-Green
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 53110 18580
Details
SP5318 WESTON ON THE GREEN CHURCH LANE (North side)
18/140 Church of St. Mary
07/12/66
GV II*
Church. Pre-Conquest, early C13, 1743 for Norreys Bertie, restored 1885 by R. Phene Spiers. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Nave, south porch and west tower. Wide 4-bay nave, with plinth and plain parapet rising from an ashlar band, has round-arched side windows with C19 plate tracery. Lead rainwater heads have elaborate cartouches of arms and are inscribed "NB/1743". The east wall of the nave is blank, except for a shield of arms, but retains traces of the former chancel, demolished early C19; much of the nave stonework appears to be re-used. C19 south porch with a round-arched entrance below an unglazed rose window, shelters the large south door with its very fine stone doorcase consisting of an eared architrave, a pulvinated oakleaf frieze with a lion mask, and outer guilloche strips rising to lion-mask consoles supporting an enriched triangular pediment. The lower stages of the 3-stage tower are probably pre-Conquest and include a blocked doorway on the south and, to west, a similar doorway and small window above (now cut by a lancet) plus a small opening at the second stage; bell-chamber stage has paired lancets within semi-circular outer arches and a C15 parapet of blind quatrefoils with angle gargoyles and the bases of pinnacles. Interior: the plaster doorcase has an egg-and-dart architrave, a frieze of arabesques springing from a scallop shell, and has consoles supporting a modillion cornice; it corresponds with the date of the nave whereas the outer case seems late C17. The plasterwork has affinities with exactly contemporary work at Kirtlington Park and may be by Roberts of Oxford. Chamfered Transitional tower arch has a C19 hood mould. C12 tub font with arcaded sides. Fittings include a large altarpiece by Pompeo Battoni, a large wrought-iron cross, (possibly C17 Spanish), and, below the tower, 2 carved medieval bench ends in a redundant C19 reredos and 2 detached carved stone heads. Monuments include a small brass of 1743 and a fine series of black marble C17 and C18 ledgers to members of the Norreys Bertie family, all with heraldic cartouches. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, pp.325-2; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.833).
Listing NGR: SP5311018580
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 408440
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1959), 325
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 833
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 19:53:58.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.