Church of St Michael
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, SOUTH NEWINGTON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1284140
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, SOUTH NEWINGTON ROAD
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:
- 2007-05-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/13081/17
- Rights:
- © Mr David Sheppard. 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:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1284140
- Date first listed:
- 08-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Michael
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, SOUTH NEWINGTON ROAD
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 MICHAEL, SOUTH NEWINGTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- Cherwell (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barford St. John and St. Michael
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 43270 32610
Details
BARFORD ST.JOHN & ST.MICHAEL SOUTH NEWINGTON ROAD SP4332 (South side) Barford St.Michael 12/44 Church of St. Michael 08/12/55
GV I
Church. c.1150. Remodelled C13. Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Stone copings. Chancel, nave, south aisle and south porch in unusual position in angle between south aisle and chancel. Chancel: 3-light traceried east widow has 4-centred head and hood mould. Some stonework renewed. 2-light window with Y-tracery to south with hood mould and label stops. 2 similar windows to north. Between them a pointed arched doorway with plank door. To right a square headed window. Nave: A 2-light window with Y-tracery to left and a 3-light window with intersecting tracery. North porch: Gabled with chamfered arch. North doorway: Romanesque with 2 orders of roll moulding overset with bearhead decoration, separated by bands of zig-zag. Timpanum decorated with beaded interlace in a figure of eight. South doorway of the same date has one order of ziz-zag, a plain tympanum and a lintel with 4 rows of stairs. Plank door has elaborate wrought iron strap hinges. A 2-light window with Y-tracery to right. Single lancet to west. South aisle: Gabled porch is flanked by a 2-light window with cusped ogee heads and 2 windows with intersecting tracery. South tower: 3 stages. Crenellated parapet. 2-light square-headed stone mullioned window to bell tower. Early English window to ground floor. Original buttresses and moulded stone cornice to chancel nave has moulded cornice and plain parapet with canopied niche and finials. Interior: Chancel arch C13. The repsonds contain Norman work including 2 shafts with scallop capitals and a band of palmetti decoration. Decorated piscina in chancel has projecting bowl. South aisle: 3 unequal bays. round piers with moulded capitals and rectangular piers. All arches are double chamfered. Early English piscina in south aisle has 2 trefoiled arches. Fittings: C15 chancel screen with Georgian doors. Poppy head bench ends in nave. Lectern and prayer desk incorporate Jacobean panelling. A notable survival of Romanesque north and south doorways. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.54; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, pp.445-6).
Listing NGR: SP4326932610
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 244147
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1969), 54
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 445-6
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 08-Jun-2026 at 08:07:11.
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.