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St Peter And St Paul

Cherwell

Oxfordshire

Chancel of ,Saxon Church incorporated in north and south arcades of present nave

Architectural Features

C12 north aisle rebuilt C14

C13 south aisle, south doorway west tower

C14 chancel rebuilt c.1854

C15 clerestory and upper stages of tower, porch rebuilt 1876

Nave: 2 small round headed windows in north and south arcades belong to earlier Saxon Church

Fittings: Font probably C14 has capital carried in octagonal column, bowl with band of roll moulding and C17 carving

C17 wooden cover

Pulpit 1639

Reading desk made up from C17 panelling

Chancel screen possibly late C15

strapwork cresting added C16/C17 now in south aisle

Pews C17: 2 front pews dated 1637 and 1638

Wall paintings: C14 to south aisle

C17 texts over earlier work to north aisle

Monuments: north aisle a marble monument with armorial shields to Richard Wykeham (d.1635)

South aisle a stone memorial to John Hawten (d.1598) framed by Corinthian columns and a coloured marble monument to John Duncombe (d.1645/6) and his wife Elizabeth

There is a medieval chest tomb under a C14 double arched tomb recess in the south wall

C19 stained glass throughout. (Buildings of England : Oxfordshire, 1974, pp.795-6

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