St Aldate

Red tile roofs

chancel as extended C15 but with window of 1862-3

N chancel aisle 1862-3). South side: chancel as extended in C15-16 with square-headed window (reworked) probably of that date

three-bay N aisle (E bay added 1832-4) with C15 windows (easternmost reset)

C15 chancel extension with lancet

INTERIOR: The nave is probably C12, as is the western part of the chancel

A west tower was added in the C13, and entirely rebuilt in 1873 by John T. Christopher

In the C15 or C16 the chancel was lengthened to its present extent and, in 1581 (cf. plaque at W end of aisle), the former N chantry was opened to the church with an arcade to create the N aisle

carvings allude to Oxford life and events

Fittings include a C14 font

Monuments include alabaster effigy of John Noble Principal of Pembroke College d.1522 (in chancel), brasses to C17 undergraduates (reset at W end of nave), and figurative wall monument of 1695 to John West and his wife and daughter reset high in tower

Although first documented in the early C12, archaeological evidence has firmly established an ecclesiastical presence here by the late Saxon period, while John Blair has suggested that it may have originated as the central of three monastic churches

Aldate's is one of Oxford's oldest churches, first documented in the early C12 with archaeological evidence which has firmly established an ecclesiastical presence here by the late Saxon period