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St Swithun

St Swithun

Compton Beauchamp

Oxfordshire

Late C13, probably incorporating earlier structure

Architectural Features

Early C14 reticulated style east window, one two-light late C13 window and one pointed lancet to each side wall of chancel

North transept has late C13 Y-tracery window and one window of intersecting tracery

two C20 windows and C20 door with 4-centered arch and moulded architrave, two-light early C16 windows with arched head

Each wall of nave has two-light late C13 windows, north wall has blocked late C13 door with 2-centered arch and section of walling between porch and tower has earlier masonry beneath the windows

Tower built of sarsen rubble with decorative chalk bands, string course, and 2 two-light late C13 windows

east window has some C14 glass depicting the Annunciation with also our Lady and Child by Travers

C13 piscina and simple stone bench sedilia

on either side of altar are memorial tablets to two infants, Margaret and Christian White (d.1627 and 1618) also a small C15 brass floor tablet to William Frampton, rector and memorials to Thomas Langley, rector, d.1703-31, and Benjamin Langley, d.1731-77

East window of north transept has some C14 stained glass depicting the Crucificion

Rood above chancel arch by Travers c.1933.Nave has C15 font with canopy by Travers, c.1933

Elaborate wall monuments to Rachel Richards (d.1737) and her daughter Ann (d.1771), who both lived at the Manor House, and also their housekeeper Mary Cooper (d.1762). 4-bay late-C19 arch-braced roof