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St Edward The Confessor

Middle Barton

Oxfordshire

C12 and C15, restored 1856 by G.E. Street

Architectural Features

C15 ashlar chancel, with moulded plinth and steeply-pitched stone-slated roof, has square-headed 2-light side windows with casement mouldings, ogee tracery and labels, a 3-light east window with Perpendicular tracery in a 4-centred arch, and has a 4-centre arched priest's door on the south

Narrow south aisle, of earlier rubble masonry, has two C15 windows, the east window cutting through the base of a lancet, and a similar C19 window west of the porch

The C15 crenellated ashlar porch has an outer arch with a continuous casement moulding and a C19 wooden dog gate, and has a sundial inscribed on the gable, above which a smaller sundial has been reset

The C15 nave has a deep moulded plinth, a crenellated parapet, and the 3 windows to north are similar to those in the chancel

C15 crenellated 3-stage tower, with a moulded plinth and diagonally-set crocketted pinnacles, has a west window of 3 uncusped lights in a 4-centred arch

C12 tomb recess in aisle has carved chevron and cable decoration

Fine C15 chancel screen has a gate, traceried panels, and a vine cornice

C19 fittings throughout except the restored C15 pulpit with traceried panels

Stained glass of 1855 by Hardman in west window

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