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St Andrew

Sandford-on-Thames

Oxfordshire

Late C11 and C13, restored and enlarged in C19

Architectural Features

plain-tile roof

The eastern part of the chancel may be a C13 extension

Windows are small lancets except west window, a C15 square-headed window of 2 traceried lights which early C19 views show east of the south porch

Incorporated in the north wall is the blocked C11 former north door, similar to the south door but extremely narrow

A carved corbel-table supports a plain parapet

Interior: Mid C19 stained glass in the chancel: the north window of 1856 is probably by Willement

On the south wall of the chancel is an early C15 alabaster relief of the Assumption, about 1.5 by 0.6 metres, with traces of paint and gilding

Under the tower, which forms an extension of the nave, is grouped a collection of white marble diamond-shaped ledgers, dated from 1683 to 1841, and 5 late C18 and early C19 wall monuments of plain Classical form

A wall monument to John Clarke (died 1764) and family has a broken triangular pediment and flanking fluted pilasters set against palm leaves

On the south wall is an alabaster monument of c.1661 to Sir William Powell: a latin inscription on a black tablet has a Baroque surround including Ionic collonettes supporting a swan-necked pediment holding armorials and flanked by small obelisks

Graded II* on account of C15 alabaster carving. (V.C.H. Oxfordshire V, pp.273-4

National Monuments Record).

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