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St George

St George

Kelmscott

Oxfordshire

Late C12 with transepts of c.1260

Architectural Features

C15 south porch

Nave south side: moulded eaves cornice has carving of crossed shield to centre with carved heads to corners

Two C15 square-headed cinquefoil-headed lights with 4 quatrefoils above

North side: eaves cornice has crossed shield to centre like that on south and two C15 clerestory windows, also like those on south

Gabled bellcote at east end has restored C13 paired trefoil-headed openings with pierced oval above

Carved head of bishop or mitred abbot above arch in chancel

Chancel: infilled C13 lancet in north wall and square-headed C15 east window of 2 cinquefoil-headed lights with label

square-headed C15 window with 2 cinquefoil-headed lights and label to west

Late C12 round-headed single-chamfered doorway with plain moulded imposts and roll-moulded hoodmould has carving of 2-headed face to apex and C17 nail-studded plank door with plain strap hinges

North arcade in 4 bays has round-headed arches with hoodmoulds and recessed C13 quatrefoils to spandrels, left with carving of a man's head, centre a queen's head and right of a man's head with beasts to either side

Circular piers with moulded plinths on truncated square bases have mixture of stiff-leaf and other foliage carving to capitals, various scrath-dials to south-west corner

East respond has crocketed capital and west respond has foliage decoration between scalloped carving

C19 tie beam roof in 4 bays to nave is probably based on late medieval form as rests on 10 carved stone corbels, including one depicting a green man to centre on north

Probably C17 roof of south transept retains 5 carved stone corbels from a late medieval roof and C19 roof in chancel sits above 2 tiers of carved stone corbels (13 in all) from successive medieval roofs

C13 tub-shaped font with moulded plinth and circular base

Trefoil-headed piscina in south wall of south transept and a square-headed piscina with bowl formed from a C12 scalloped capital in south wall of chancel

Infilled pointed doorway on north side cut by large Turner monument (see below). Nave benches and pulpit C19

Traces of medieval wall paintings to nave arcade including lozenge-shaped decoration to eastern respond and floral decoration to underside of eastern arch

Better preserved murals in north transept including early C14 figures under trefoil-headed arches on east and west walls representing scenes from the Massacre of the Innocents and the Presentation in the Temple and the Cain and Abel cycle respectively

Fragments of medieval stained glass in nave and late C15 equestrian figure of St

Iron bars in all windows are probably C15

Monuments

Late C17 grave slabs over Turner family vault in raised sanctuary

Brass plate on floor to Penelope Goodenough (d.1671). 2 putti (presumably from a C18 monument) stand on window ledge. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, pp665-6

John Edwards: The Kelmscott Wall-Paintings: Oxoniensia L (1985), pp239-45) [2360]