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St Mary

Chastleton

Oxfordshire

Late C12, extended early C14 with tower of 1689

Architectural Features

Section of south aisle to left of tower has small rectangular chamfered opening and section to right has late C14 square-headed 2-light window to left with ogee cinquefoil heads and mouchettes

C15 square-headed window with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights to right

East wall has early C14 window with cusped intersecting tracery and elongated quatrefoil to apex

West wall has early C14 three-light window with reticulated tracery and hoodmould continuing to either side

North side has late C12 round-headed doorway with semi-circular lintel, tympanum and hoodmould

C17 plank door with strap hinges

C16 mullion window with 3 segmental-headed lights and dripstone to right

late C15 three-light cinquefoil-headed window with dripstone to left

East gable end has probably late C15 bellcote with round-headed arch, pyramidal finials and cross to apex

Lean-to north transept has similar C15 window to that in north wall of nave without dripstone to north wall and 3-light chamfered mullion window with dripstone

Late C17 chamfered rectangular south doorway with contemporary 6-panel double doors

Extended by 2 bays to east in early C14: central octagonal pier with moulded plinth and capital and half-octagonal responds, east with raised circular decoration to abacus

Early C14 double-chamfered pointed chancel arch has half-octagonal responds with moulded plinths and deeply undercut moulding to capitals similar to that of pier in extension of nave arcade

Crudely pointed double-chamfered arch to transept is also C14

C14 cinquefoil-headed piscina with hoodmould and label-stops in south wall of south aisle with semi-circular seat recess beneath south-east window

C14 floor tiles in south aisle including fine set apparently in situ at east end

Fragmentary wall-paintings and texts, mainly of post-medieval date, on north wall of nave

Late C12 tub-shaped font with moulded plinth and circular base

Wooden polygonal pulpit with scratched date "1623" has carved pelicans to top dividing panels which have pilastered round-headed arches, floral and geometrical motifs

This has C19 encaustic floor tiles, including to raised sanctuary and C19 piscina and credence shelf in south wall

Plain pointed door to vestry which has fragments of reassembled medieval stained glass in east window, including a mid-C15 quarry depicting the Virgin Annunciate

Reassembled medieval glass also in west window of transept and in north clerestory window

Late C19/early C20 stained glass in several other windows including glass in east window of 1913

C19 benches with linenfold panelling in nave probably copied from late C15 bench end with linenfold panelling by font

3 open benches in south aisle to east of tower are probably late C16 or C17

Monuments

Figurative brasses in south aisle floor to Katherine Throckmorton (d.1592) and children and in nave floor to Edmund Ansley (d.1613), his wife and children

Brass plate in floor by north doorway to William Bankes (d.1676). Several late C17 and C18 incised tomb slabs in nave floor

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