Church of St. Mary Magdalen is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Church.

Church of St. Mary Magdalen

WRENN ID
kindled-grate-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
Church
Address
Church of St. Mary Magdalen, Stoke Talmage
OS grid reference
SU 678 992
Coordinates
51.68812, -1.0203
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Mary Magdalen is a church that dates back to the 13th century but was rebuilt in 1758. In 1860, the south porch, vestry, and north aisle were added by the architect George Gilbert Scott, and the east window was completed in 1907 by G.E. Coleridge. The church is constructed of limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a gabled mid-19th century tiled roof. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style and consists of a chancel and a single-aisled nave with a west tower.

The east window, designed in the Perpendicular style, is flanked by offset buttresses. The south chancel wall has a pointed trefoil-headed lancet, while the north chapel and north aisle contain plain two-light Y-tracery windows, with a pointed lancet located at the west end of the north aisle. The south wall of the nave also features two Y-tracery windows. The gabled south porch includes a pointed double-chamfered doorway. The west tower has a pointed and part-blocked roll-moulded doorway with impost blocks and reset 13th-century lancets.

Inside, there is a mid-19th century oak reredos and a Decorated-style piscina. The mid-19th century chancel arch has jamb shafts adorned with re-used early 13th-century foliate capitals. The nave includes a mid-19th century pulpit, lectern, and pews, as well as brasses commemorating John Adeane (died 1594) and his wife, and John Petre (died 1589) and his wife. The north aisle features a three-bay arcade and has 17th-century oak carving that has been re-used as the Georgian Royal Arms. An octagonal mid-19th century pulpit is located in the west tower. The stained glass includes fine figures from around 1850 by Hardman in the chancel's east and side windows, and a window by Morris and Son from 1904 in the south window of the nave.

Local climate

Church of St. Mary Magdalen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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