Description

BLETCHINGDON CHURCH END
SP51NW (East side)
2/21 Church of St. Giles
07/12/66

GV II*

Church. Mid C13 chancel; C15 nave and tower; porch dated 1695; restored 1878 by
Charles Buckeridge from plans of 1869. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar
dressings; stone-coped gabled stone slate roof. Chancel, aisled nave and west
tower. Two-bay chancel has mid C13 corner buttresses and mid C19 three-light
east window; early C17 two-light hollow-moulded round-arched north window; to
south are similar C17 window, label mould over mid C13 pointed-arched chamfered
doorway with scratch dials in jambs, and late C19 two-light window; part of
blocked C13 lancet to north also. Mid C19 three-bay north aisle has 2- and
3-light cinquefoiled ogee-headed windows. South side of nave: memorial tablet
dated 1754, with reset C12 lintel carved with star-in-square pattern; C15
Perpendicular 3-light window; restored early C14 two-light cinquefoiled
ogee-headed window. South porch dated 1695: sundial above hood mould over
hollow-moulded pointed-arched doorway; south doorway, with moulded architrave,
has hood mould with rosettes carved in stops. Two-stage west tower has hood
mould with scrolled stops over C14 pointed-arched moulded doorway; 2-light
cinquefoil-headed window above and to stone-louvred belfry windows; gargoyles to
corners of moulded parapet string course; C14 spirelet. Interior: late C19
reredos with carved figures; round-arched piscina; late C19 choir stalls; late
C19 double-chamfered chancel arch. C15 four-bay north arcade has hollow-moulded
capitals. Restored Jacobean pulpit, with panelled sides and C17 caryatids, reset
on late C19 stone base. Seven Jacobean pews in north aisle, with panelled backs
and bench ends with acorn finials and pedimented aedicules with strapwork. Early
C18 cup-shaped font set on octagonal shaft; C15 cinquefoiled stoup to east of
south door. Late C19 roofs, including arch-braced north aisle roof. Wall
painting: west end of north chancel wall has fragment of C15 wall painting with
flowers set in masonry lines. Memorials: chancel has wall tablet dated 1685 with
putti flanking heraldic shield; two C18 architectural wall monuments with
segmental pediments; putti and urn surmounting C18 wall monument; memorial to
John Hooke, d.1673, has oval tablet set in carved laurel leaf surround; large
architectural wall monument to children of Henry and Thomas Coghill, d.1628 and
1630, has two broken pediments with heraldic achievement above inscription-
framed by Corinthian columns and strapwork; architectural wall monument to Sir
Thomas Coghill, d.1708, and family by J. Piddington of Oxford has tasselled
canopy and swags with flaming urns. C19 wall tablets include memorial to Arthur
Arnesley, d.1841, has urn, honeysuckle frieze and wheatear pilasters. Stained
glass: late C19.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp475-6; National Monuments Record; VCH:
Oxfordshire: Vol VI, pp66-69; Bodleian Library, Topographical Drawings)

Listing NGR: SP5065318058

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548179

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