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St Bartholomew

Architectural Features

rebuilt in mid/late C13

early C17 clerestory, Spencer chapel and south-west tower of 1611 and south porch of 1616 for Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton Manor

Late C13 cinquefoiled 3-light east window

C13 lancet and Norman lancet to north side of chapel

North side of nave has C17 arched doorway with imposts and studded door, C15 Perpendicular 3-light window with panel tracery and C15 two-light window

partly restored C15 Perpendicular 3-light window with panel tracery to west

label mould over early C17 two-light hollow-moulded round-arched clerestory window

South side of nave: label mould over plain C14 two-light window

restored C13 lancets

2 similar early C17 clerestory windows

early C17 porch has shallow chamfered arch over C17 studded door

Early C17 four-storey tower: 3-light Perpendicular window with panel tracery to west

stair-turret to south has steps to C17 studded door

label moulds over C17 hollow-moulded rounded-arched window and similar 2-light windows

Interior: chancel has fine C15 Nottingham alabaster reredos depicting Adoration of the Magi, The Betrayal, Christ carrying the Cross and Pieta

Early C17 carved woodwork, with strapwork and classical-style arches, to stalls

Two-bay late C16/early C17 roof with arch-braced collar-truss and windbraces

Mid C13 chancel arch of 3 orders with hollow-chamfered arches and triple shafts

Spencer Chapel: very fine early C17 richly-carved screen with strapwork cresting and obelisks over screen which has carved putti heads to cornice, fluted columns and arches carved with strapwork, bosses and zigzag

C12 tub-shaped stone font on moulded wooden base

fine early C17 panelled stalls with ball poppyheads, and early C17 seats with panelled backs set on turned legs and with ventilated vestment cupboards beneath seats

Nave: pulpit and reading desk have fine early C17 carving

C15 octagonal font with trefoiled tracery to stem and foliate, quatrefoil and animal carvings

C15 bench ends with poppyheads to west ends of nave and south aisle and late C18 box pews to east of south aisle

screen to tower made in 1854 from Jacobean panels and carved strapwork and balusters

early C17 four-bay roofs with arch-braced moulded tie-beam trusses with moulded beams

Late C13 four-bay south arcade with double chamfered arches set on round piers

Porch has early C17 moulded plaster cornice with lions' masks and unicorns to frieze, with fleur-de-lys, and rampant lions on shields beneath

fine early C17 studded door with strap hinges and Norfolk latch set in plain C12 doorway with moulded imposts

Wall paintings: C15 fragments over chancel arch, including Nativity

Monuments: monumental brass in nave, by Thomas Knowles, depicts figure of William Fletcher, d.1826, set on Gothick carved tomb chest: C19 wall tablets

Spencer Chapel Monuments: large monumental memorial by Jasper Hollemans for Sir William Spencer, d.1609, and wife has, Spencer griffin and crest flanked by obelisks surmounting Corinthian columns which frame recumbent effigies set in elaborately carved arch with figures of children below and rich Flemish carving throughout

Large Baroque monument by John Nost for Sir Thomas Spencer, d.1684, and wife: Spencer crest set in shaped pediment with acanthus scrolls and flaming urns above architectural frame with figures of Sir Thomas with his wife, sons and daughters

Oval wall tablet to Jane Spencer, d. 1689, framed by finely carved festoons of flowers

Monument to Charlotte Augusta, Duchess of Marlborough, d.1850, depicts marble relief with mother, angel and children

Stained glass: chancel has much C15 stained glass, mostly donated in early C19 and including cherubims and birds, and C17 and C18 Flemish glass in north-west window

Spencer Chapel has "largest collection in the country of early C17 armorial glass"