Church Of St Paul

CULHAM THE GREEN SU5094 (South side) 12/37 Church of St. Paul 18/07/63

GV II

Church. Tower c.1710; nave, aisles and south transept c.1852 by Joseph Clarke; chancel c.1872 by R.P. Spiers. Uncoursed stone rubble to tower; squared coursed stone to church with ashlar stone dressings; old plain-tile roof; roof of tower not visible. 4-bay nave and north aisle, south transept, chancel and west tower. Early English style. 2-centred archway with hood mould and triangular moulded surround to porch to left of centre of nave. Double plank doors with wrought iron hinges to 2-centre arched doorway. 2-light plate tracery and trefoil lancet windows. Doorway with plank door to base of tower; tower of 2 stages. Louvred opening to each side of top of tower. Plain parapet to tower with stepped corners. Interior: wooden barrel-vault to chancel, 4-bay arch-braced collar truss roof to nave. C19 stencil decoration to chancel walls. Piscina to right of chancel. 2-centred chancel arch on half-columns. 2-centred transept arch on corbels. Aisle arcade of three 2-centred arches on columns. C19 pews with wrought iron candelabra to ends. C19 octagonal stone font with pierced wood cover. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.565; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.37).

Listing NGR: SU5018094972