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St Peter

Bucknell

Oxfordshire

C11/C12, C13 and C15, restored 1893 by A. Mardon Mowbray

Architectural Features

concrete plain-tile and lead roofs

C13 chancel has a triplet of lancets to east, each with a roll-moulded arch and detached shafts with linked waterleaf capitals

The rounded upper stages of the stair turret must be an early addition, but the battlemented top stage of the tower is probably C14 and has 2-light traceried openings

The C13 nave retains 2 plain lancets on the north plus a fine moulded doorway with stiff leaf capitals on detached shafts

The nave also has 2-light C14 low-side windows at its eastern end, and an added C15 clerestory

The eastern arch of the tower, of 2 chamfered orders, is probably C14, but the plain round-headed western arch remains

A C13 string course, running around the walls of the chancel and nave linking the sills, rises over the doorways and the blind arches in the nave

There is a trefoil-headed holy-water stoup, and the fine hinges, now on the inside of the south door, are probably also C13 or earlier

The low-side windows in the nave have C19 stained glass, and the St

Fittings include a Jacobean pulpit with arched panels and 6 baluster legs

Monuments include some early-C17 brass-inscriptions, and 4 elaborate late-C17 and C18 marble wall tablets to members of the Trotman family

The church is one of the best examples of C13 work in the county, and has the largest number of low-side windows of any church in England.

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