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All Saints

All Saints

Marcham

Oxfordshire

Early C13 and C15: rebuilt, except tower, by William Fisher of Oxford in 1837

Architectural Features

Double-gabled east wall of chancel has 3-light Curvilinear-style window to left of early C13 stepped three-light lancet window

Crenellated nave has label moulds over 2-light and central 3-light Perpendicular-style transomed windows to north: similar 3-light windows flank gabled south porch: very fine late C14/early C15 south doorway is cinquefoil-headed with independent leaf decoration in casement-moulded architrave

Early C13 three-stage west tower has original corner buttresses, one-light bell openings, slit lights and west lancet: unusual early C13 ashlar stair turret in north-east corner has slit lights and quatrefoil panel in gable top

Early C13 archway between chancel and north chapel has chamfered arch set on half-piers with ball flower capitals

Bench in north chapel has C16 linenfold-carved bench end: chancel has C19 wall tablets, and late C18 obelisk wall tablet to John Barnes, d.1782

Early C19 pulpit, and reading desk of c.1907

Pews have C16 bench ends with linenfold carving

Wall brass east of door to Edmund Fettiplace, d.1540, and wife: depicts them both kneeling at prayer with their children

Tub-shaped stepped font is probably C13

Early C15 triple hollow-chamfered archway to west tower room, which has quadripartite vault with hollow-chamfered ribs on head corbels

J.C. Buckler drew interior details and the church exterior (mainly C15) in 1819. (Bodleian Library, MS Top. Berks. C.50, Nos.106-8