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All Saints

All Saints

Cuddesdon

Oxfordshire

Mid-late C12, aisles C13, C15 chancel restored 1849 by B. Ferry, restoration of 1851-53 by G.E Street

Architectural Features

some old plain-tile roofs

rebuilt south wall with C15 three-light window matching that in the north transept

Aisles originally C13 with surviving lancets to west, and east of the south porch, a triplet above which is a two-light window of c.1300, formerly a gabled dormer but incorporated into C14 walling when the aisles were raised

South porch is probably C14 and shelters a transitional doorway under a moulded outer arch with dogtooth ornament on detached shafts with carved capitals

C14 clerestory has two pointed-trefoil windows each side

The door retains its elaborate C12 crescent hinges

Interior: chancel has two bay blind arcades over the side windows and an elaborately-coffered canted roof with carved bosses, probably C19

The transepts have blind semi-circular arches to east, the north incorporating a blocked C12 doorway and window

round the walls are stone benches, and the roofs have arched braces to collars and curved wind-braces, possibly C15

C14 nave arcades and arch to south transept, but the shallow-pitched five bay nave roof is probably C17 and has square baluster king-posts

The west wall has the remains of C12 vaulting-shafts

The oak benches include much C17 panelling, some carved with lunettes but the chancel woodwork is entirely C19

The pulpit of 1896 is by C.E Kempe

Much C19 stained glass: west window of 1852 by Hardman to Street's design

Monuments include a wall plaque of 1620, three late C18 memorials with classical surrounds and cartouches, and wall-tablets to several C19 bishops of Oxford

The C12 crescent hinges on the west door are good examples of the 40 or so surviving