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St Laurence

St Laurence

Caversfield

Oxfordshire

C10/C11, late C12 and C13, restored and partly rebuilt 1874 by Henry Woodyer

Architectural Features

Stonesfield-slate and concrete plain-tile roofs

C13 chancel has a pair of lancets in the east wall and, to south, a further lancet plus a 2-light Decorated window and a square-headed C15 window

Rebuilt aisles, in coursed rubble, have small lancets but, to north, a short gabled projection contains a re-used C12 doorway of 2 orders with engaged shafts, an inner roll, and an outer band of undercut chevrons

2-bay, nave arcades have Transitional round piers with corner spurs and knob-volute capitals (partly restored), above which are elaborate C13 arches with multiple-roll moulding and dog-tooth ornament

Monuments include several brasses and fragments, mostly removed from their casements, the elaborately-panelled C15 tomb chest of John Langston (died 1487), some C17 ledgers, and a group of C18 and C19 wall tablets below the tower

C12 font has arcaded sides

The early-C13 bell below the tower is the oldest inscribed bell in England (Buildings of England: 0xfordshire, pp.523/4.