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St Giles

Horspath

Oxfordshire

Late C12, C13, C15 and C19, restored 1852 by H.J. Underwood

Architectural Features

C13 south transept has a 2-light south window with plate tracery and a trefoil headed light to east

C15 crenellated tower has a 4-centre arched west doorway with recessed spandrels and label with lozenge stops

The Perpendicular tower arch is finely moulded and has large amusing figures terminating the hood mould

Furnishings C19 except for fine Jacobean hexagonal pulpit with inlaid pictorial panels with perspective arches

Medieval stained glass includes 2 figures of c.1280, and many C15 and C16 figures and fragments

Monuments include a brass, an oval monument of c.1690 with a frame of fruit and flowers, and a late baroque monument to James Salisbury (died 1770) with scrolls and cherubs. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V

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