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St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Marston

Oxfordshire

Externally C15 and Cl6

Architectural Features

C15 chancel, with moulded plinth, has side windows of 2 cinquefoil lights under labels with carved square stops, a Tudor-arched priests door with carved foliage in the spandrels, and a 3-light east window with Perpendicular tracery

The south aisle, with steep-pitched roof, was rebuilt in 1562 and has a moulded string under the eaves, a re-set C15 window in the ashlar south wall, and 2 uncusped 2-light windows

C15 tower has 2-light belfry openings and corner gargoyles below a crenellated parapet

Interior: C13 chancel arch and nave arcades of 4 bays to north and 3 to south

C15 nave roof has cambered tie beams and moulded purlins

Medieval encaustic tiles in chancel floor

Fittings include many C15 and C16 bench pews in nave, and return stalls in chancel with medieval poppy-head bench ends

C17 communion table and turned rails

C17 hexagonal pulpit on single stem with arched panels and tester

C17 screen in tower arch with pierced flat balusters

Stained glass includes many C15 fragments in the heads of lights and some old geometrical glazing in one chancel light, plus C15 panels inserted into east window

Traces of medieval wall painting over the chancel arch

Monuments include a large alabaster wall monument to Richard Croke (died 1683) with an elaborate frame and double pediment. (V.C.H. Oxfordshire, Vol.V.