Description

TOOT BALDON SP5600 8/170 Church of St. Lawrence 18/07/63

GV II*

Church. Late C12 and C13, restored 1865 by Henry Woodyer. Limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; plain-tile roofs. Aisled nave, chancel, north transept and south porch. Chancel is almost entirely rebuilt, and has a 3-light east window and a 2-light window to south, both C19 in Decorated style, but the lancets to north and south may be re-set. South transept has a 3-light window with late C13 intersecting tracery. Nave south wall is probably also rebuilt, with Perpendicular-style windows flanking the porch. C13 west wall has a 2-light window with Y-tracery between small lancets, and has a rebuilt double bellcote on the gable. North wall of nave has a Romanesque doorway, a 2-light square-headed C15 window and a C19 copy. Small C19 vestry extends north aisle. Interior: chancel contains an elaborate painted arcaded reredos and complete C19 oak fittings including a C13-style screen. North arcade of 4-bay nave has early C13 stiff-leaf and scalloped capitals; south arcade has moulded capitals. Roofs are all C19. Stained glass in east window of c.1875 by Harwood of Frome Selwood. Other windows include 4 of 1890 by J.P. St. Aubyn. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, P.55; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, pp.818-9).

Listing NGR: SP5676800255

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