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St Mary

Buscot

Oxfordshire

Originally a C13 plan with C15 additions, C18 alterations, restored in 1854

Architectural Features

W tower door with four-centred arch, carved labels and above, a 3-light traceried window with pointed head

2 late C15 brasses of husband and wife on S wall of chancel

2 fine Loveden monuments on chancel N wall

An angel appearing from the left and holding her hand

Other wall monuments include one to the Rev Robert Reading, died 1791, also by Cooke, Susanna Place, died 1686, and Edward Loveden, died 1713

Exceptional set of stained glass by Morris & Co., all designed by Edward Burne-Jones: 1892 chancel E window, The Good Shepherd

1897 chancel S wall, Angels of Paradise

Early C16 English Renaissance polygonal pulpit with reset panels of an early C16 Flemish triptych given by Sir Alexander Henderson in 1908

A. C. Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle, 1975, 2, 40.

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