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St Mary

Weston-on-the-Green

Oxfordshire

Pre-Conquest, early C13, 1743 for Norreys Bertie, restored 1885 by R. Phene Spiers

Architectural Features

bell-chamber stage has paired lancets within semi-circular outer arches and a C15 parapet of blind quatrefoils with angle gargoyles and the bases of pinnacles

it corresponds with the date of the nave whereas the outer case seems late C17

C12 tub font with arcaded sides

Fittings include a large altarpiece by Pompeo Battoni, a large wrought-iron cross, (possibly C17 Spanish), and, below the tower, 2 carved medieval bench ends in a redundant C19 reredos and 2 detached carved stone heads

Monuments include a small brass of 1743 and a fine series of black marble C17 and C18 ledgers to members of the Norreys Bertie family, all with heraldic cartouches. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VI, pp.325-2

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