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St Bartholomew

Brightwell Baldwin

Oxfordshire

C13, rebuilt early C14

Architectural Features

west tower remodelled and north chapel built in C15: restored 1895

gabled old tile roof

south side of chancel has 3 two-light ogee-headed windows, pointed chamfered doorway and similar C15 transomed window, C15 north chapel has label moulds with head stops over 2- and 3-light windows

C13 stair-turret with quatrefoil window to south

C13 paired lancets partly restored to south

C14 piscina and aumbry to south, and trefoil-headed recess to north

head of blocked C13 lancet set over and to side of C15 chamfered doorway with C17 studded door to north chapel which has piscina

early C14 double-chamfered blocked doorway to north aisle, which has Stone family chapel to east divided off by early C14 archway and late C19 screen, Nave has early C14 four-bay arcades of double-chamfered arches with linking hoodmoulds set on octagonal piers, complete Jacobean pulpit with tester, C14 octagonal font with C17 cover, late C19 reading desk and lectern, and C18 pews

South aisle has treoil-headed piscina, and medieval floor tiles at east end (also around font). Slab in porch commemorates Stephen Rumbold, d.1687

Monuments: chancel has wall brass to John Cottesmore, d.1439, and wife

floor brass to same persons depicted under canopies with 18 children below

C17 and C18 floor tablets

North aisle has wall brass to John the Smith, c.1371

Stone family chapel: alabaster tomb chest to John Carleton, d.1547, and wife, with lozenges framing shields and foils and brass inscription, and similar tomb chest to Anthony Carleton, d.1562, and wife

Monuments to William Lowndes Stone, d.1772, by Westmacott, with white marble urn and bay leaf garland

monument to Edward Stone, 1696, of cartouche with cherubs supporting drapery and flowers

Wall monument opposite on south wall to Francis Lowe, d.1754, and family, has broken pediment and crest set over 3 inscription panels with 4 Tuscan pilasters

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