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St Michael

Architectural Features

Mid C19 Norman-style east window

similar window and label mould over C15 one-light window to south side of chancel

C17 plank door with strap hinges set in late C12 south doorway, which has zigzag-carved arch set on zigzag-and spiral-carved columns with cushion capitals

C17 sundial to south wall

3-storey tower has Norman windows and early C14 two-light Decorated bell-openings

C14 gargoyles to corners

Interior: late C15 aumbry in north wall of chancel has fine cupboard with trailing vines carved on door and openwork grille, and C15 hinges and lock

Chancel arch, remodelled in 1845, has round arch set on late C12 lozenge and spiral jamb shafts

C15 octagonal font with sunk quatrefoils to base

Fine C17 panelled door to tower

Nave has C17 three-bay roof with arch-braced collar trusses and moulded tie beams

Monuments: chancel has C17 and C18 ledger stones

memorial to Robert Fitzherbert, d.1636, has shield set in pediment over black-slate inscription flanked by pilasters and with carved skull to apron

Stained glass: in chancel and nave windows are fragments of C15 and C16 glass, C17 armorial glass and armorial glass by T. Willement, 1827, and C16-17 Flemish glass. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire

National Monuments Record)