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St Nicholas

Fyfield

Oxfordshire

Church. c.1200: early C14 chancel, C15 north aisle, west tower rebuilt in 1809 and after fire of 1893, when church was restored: south porch by J.C. Buckler, 1867-8. Uncoursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings

Architectural Features

gabled C20 tile roof

doorway flanked by much restored early C16 three-light window and a C15 two-light ogee-headed window: 3-light Perpendicular windows in end walls

West tower has original lower stage with C15 four-centred doorway to double-leaf plank doors: octagonal upper stages built in 1809 and then after 1893, with trefoil-headed lancets, reset C15 cinquefoil-headed light and pyramidal roof of 1893, Interior: late C19 benches, pulpit and lectern installed during restoration following fire of 1893

Much restored early C14 sedilia with late C19 shafts

Finely-carved piscina set in Decorated canopy: C15 credence table set on octagonal shaft with trefoiled blind panels

Reredos has restored vine-leaf cornice broken by octagonal C15 tabernacle

Monument in north wall of chancel to Lady Klatherine Gordon, the White Rose of Scotland and widow of Perkin Warbeck, d.1527: elaborately-carved tomb chest set within arched recess, all much restored after 1893

Late C19 chancel roof: early C14 cornice with ballflower ornament

South transept: 3 reset late C17 and early C18 finely-carved wall monuments, and C18 ledger stones

Incised marble wall tablet to George Dale, the Oxford anatomist, d.1625, shows demi-figure of Dale pointing at a skull

C15 four-bay arcade with octagonal shafts to north aisle, which has late C19 font set on C15 octagonal shaft

North chapel has wall tablet with broken segmental pediment to Thomas White, d.1664 and C17 and C18 ledger stones, some to the White family

C17 heraldic achievement, C15 niche and corbel

monument to Sir John Golafre, d.1442, has reclining effigy of Sir John laid on chest tomb with brattished cornice and heraldic shields: open arches with cusped spandrels expose gruesome cadaver, lying on a shroud tied at the head and pulled back at sides to reveal the corpse

National Monuments Record).

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