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St Mary

St Mary

Glympton

Oxfordshire

Church. c.1200 with C16 or C17 tower

Architectural Features

Some reset C12 chevrom ornamented masonry in north wall of tower

South doorway to left with continuously-chamfered inner arch, moulded outer arch, one order of shafts with moulded bases and capitals, hood mould with carved stops, and boarded door with decorative strap hinges

Reused c12 carved stone corbels supporting roof

Wrought-iron and brass altar rails

Wooden lectern

Polygonal wooden pulpit with blind traceried panels and stone steps

C12 circular stone font with wide bands of incised-triangular ornament to bowl, mouldings and chevron ornament to base, C19 step and C19 iron-bound wooden cover

C19 stained glass in east and south windows of chancel and in nave windows

Monuments: brass to Thomas Tesdale

Alabaster wall monument to Maud Tesdale (d. 19 June 1616) and her husband (d.1610) consisting of 2 opposed kneeling figures under round arches, flanking free-standing unfluted Corinthian columns supporting frieze and cornice, shield with scrollwork above and gadrooned base on brackets with inscription between

marble Gothic wall monument to the Reverend William May (d. 12 August 1845). The church stands adjacent to Glympton Park (q.v.). The village, of which the church once formed the centre, was Roved to the south-east when the park was created, probably in the early to mid-C17. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp612-3