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St Michael

St Michael

Newton Purcell

Oxfordshire

C12 origins

Architectural Features

C12 doorway moved from the north to the south entrance

C20-tile roof

South doorway has C12 zig-zag decoration and a dove and serpents in the tympanum

Late C19, 2- and 3-light lancet windows throughout and a C14 ogee-headed window in south wall of chancel

Interior, C13 piscina and aumbry

C19 fixtures and fittings and a C17 parish chest

C13 incised slab commemorating a heart burial

Nave north window has early C19 stained glass in the manner of Eginton

On a stone plinth to left of porch, two C17 limestone effigies from Shelswell Church, which was demolished in 1810. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1974, p717 and p753