Church Of St Catherine

TOWERSEY CHURCH LANE SP7305 (East side) 8/119 Church of St. Catherine 18/07/63

GV II

Church. Early C13 chancel; mid C14 nave, tower and restoration of c.1850 by J. Cranston. Coursed squared stone; C19 plain-tile roof; roof to tower not visible. 4-bay nave, 2-bay chancel, transept recess to north, south tower. 2-centre moulded stone archway to base of tower. 2-centre arched doorway with hood mould and C19 plank door. 2-light Y-tracery windows with hood moulds to left and right. Rear: 2-centre arched doorway with plank door to centre of nave. 2-light Y-tracery windows to left and right. 3-light panel-tracery window to transept. Lancet to chancel. 2-light reticulated-tracery windows to east end of chancel and nave. 3-light intersecting-tracery window to west end. Tower of 3 stages. Clock face to each side of second stage. 2-light Y-tracery louvred openings to third stage; battlemented parapet with banded obelisk finials to corners. Interior: C14 two-bay arch-braced collar-truss roof with windbraces to chancel. Piscina to right of projecting bowl on a half-column. Segmental pointed chancel arch. C19 braced collar truss roof to nave. Mid C17 hexagonal wood pulpit with carved panels. C14 round stone font. Some C17 fleur-de-lys bench ends. History: the clock in the tower was presented in 1877 from Thame Town Hall, where it had been installed c.1777, having been originally at Rycote Chapel from 1577-1777. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.819; V.C.H.: Buckinghamshire, Vol.IV, 1927, p.l06-7).

Listing NGR: SP7357005265