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St Giles

Architectural Features

C15 nave and tower

Two-bay chancel has mid C13 corner buttresses and mid C19 three-light east window

early C17 two-light hollow-moulded round-arched north window

to south are similar C17 window, label mould over mid C13 pointed-arched chamfered doorway with scratch dials in jambs, and late C19 two-light window

part of blocked C13 lancet to north also

South side of nave: memorial tablet dated 1754, with reset C12 lintel carved with star-in-square pattern

C15 Perpendicular 3-light window

restored early C14 two-light cinquefoiled ogee-headed window

south doorway, with moulded architrave, has hood mould with rosettes carved in stops

Two-stage west tower has hood mould with scrolled stops over C14 pointed-arched moulded doorway

gargoyles to corners of moulded parapet string course

C14 spirelet

Interior: late C19 reredos with carved figures

C15 four-bay north arcade has hollow-moulded capitals

Restored Jacobean pulpit, with panelled sides and C17 caryatids, reset on late C19 stone base

Early C18 cup-shaped font set on octagonal shaft

C15 cinquefoiled stoup to east of south door

Wall painting: west end of north chancel wall has fragment of C15 wall painting with flowers set in masonry lines

two C18 architectural wall monuments with segmental pediments

putti and urn surmounting C18 wall monument

memorial to John Hooke, d.1673, has oval tablet set in carved laurel leaf surround

large architectural wall monument to children of Henry and Thomas Coghill, d.1628 and 1630, has two broken pediments with heraldic achievement above inscription- framed by Corinthian columns and strapwork

architectural wall monument to Sir Thomas Coghill, d.1708, and family by J. Piddington of Oxford has tasselled canopy and swags with flaming urns

Stained glass: late C19. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp475-6

National Monuments Record