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St Denys

Stanford in the Vale

Oxfordshire

Late C12, west tower, north aisle and north porch added in the late C13/early C14, south porch and clerestory added in early C15

Architectural Features

Early C14 four-light east window of Kentish tracery

south wall of chancel has two early C14 two-light windows, one early C14 three-light window of Kentish tracery and a scratch dial

similar two-light window in north wall adjoins early C14 priest's doorway with pointed arch and moulded architrave

east of the porch is one early C14 two-light window with carved heads to label mould terminals and two early C14 two-light windows and one three-light window much restored in late C19

west of the porch is one early C14 two-light window with restored right jamb and in the west wall a late C13 stepped three-light window

Early C14 gabled porch has pointed arch with chamfered architrave to doorway and two-light windows in each side wall

South wall of nave has two early C14 one-light windows and two early C14 two-light windows, the top of the east window having been blocked in the late C19

over the porch is an early C15 four-light flat-headed window

Late C12 architrave and scalloped capitals to engaged columns

Early C15 porch with crenellated parapet, two-light windows with label moulds in side walls and a four-centred arch with moulded architrave and carved heads to label mould terminals

Early C15 clerestory with three three-light mullioned and double chamfered windows

early C15 crenellated parapet

West tower is of three stages: offset corner buttresses rise to the top of the first stage with late C13 one-light windows

late C13 second storey with two-light windows is separated from early C14 third storey by original corbel table

third storey has early C14 two-light windows with crenellated parapet and gargoyles

Interior: Late C19 stained glass, including some reset C14 glass in chancel

C18/C19 ledger stones on chancel floor, three C17 ledger stones in south-east corner especially to John Heigham, d.1623

in north-east corner is brass to Roger Campdene, rector, d.1398

Two early C17 carved doors to aumbry in north wall and early C14 piscina and Decorated style pyx canopy in south wall

Late C13 doorway to vestry and late C13 squint to north aisle

Late C15 three-bay chancel roof with moulded beams and joists is arch-braced to corbels

Late C13 chancel arch

Nave has C18 ledger stones in floor and a richly carved 5-sided Jacobean pulpit set on a late C19 base

late C19 stained glass except east and west windows of south wall and the west window have some C14 reset glass

Nave has C17 seven-bay king post roof, arch braced with traceried spandrels to original C13 corbels

Late C13 triple chamfered arch to west tower

late C13 three-bay arcade, with double-chamfered arches dying into octagonal piers, to the north aisle

North aisle has richly carved Jacobean font with cover

Three C13 stone coffin lids in porch.

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