Description

SHIPTON ON CHERWELL AND THRUPP SHIPTON ON CHERWELL
SP4816
6/132 Church of Holy Cross
07/12/66

GV II

Church. Medieval; rebuilt and west tower added in 1831 by William Turner; minor
restoration by J. Buckeridge, 1869. Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar
dressings; stone-coped gabled stone slate roof. Nave, chancel and west tower.
Gothic Revival style. One-bay chancel has offset corner buttresses, 3-light
Decorated-style east window and 2-light side windows. Two-bay south side of nave
has hood mould over chamfered pointed-arched blocked doorway, and label moulds
over 2-light ogee-headed cinquefoiled windows; to north side are similar windows
flanking early C14 reset Decorated porch, which has hood mould with rosettes and
unusually primitive head corbels over hollow-chamfered pointed-arched doorway
with rosettes; Cl9 pointed-arched inner doorway. Three-stage west tower has hood
moulds over cinquefoiled windows and battlemented parapet with corner gargoyles.
Interior: arch-braced roof throughout, with moulded beams, wind braces and king
posts, set on plain corbels adorned with arms of past vicars and lords of the
manor. Chancel has mid C19 Minton tile floor, and early C14 reset cinquefoiled
tomb recess. Double-chamfered chancel arch has traceried Decorated-style panels
flanking brattished Perpendicular-style traceried wood screen made in 1896. Nave
has wood traceried pulpit set on stone base, C18 parish chest, C11 tub font
reset on late C19 piers and C19 west door. Late C19 stained glass throughout.
Memorials: in chancel are wall tablets to John Rathbone, d.1613, set in coloured
moulded architrave, Stephen Pomfrett, d.1713, with carved stall and hourglass
set above roundel , and Gothic-style memorial to William Turner. Also in chancel
is medieval child's coffin. Ledger stone in nave to Edward Egleton, d,1722.
Pictures of church before restoration show that chancel had north chapel (whence
tomb recess was moved) and that present C14 porch lay to south. William Turner
was an Oxford watercolourist and his uncle William Turner of The Manor (q.v.)
provided the money for restoration.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp757-8; Information from VCH National
Monuments Record; Bodleian Library, Topographical Drawings)

Listing NGR: SP4802516520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505613

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