Church Of St Mary

CROWMARSH CHURCH LANE SU68NW (South side) North Stoke 2/11 Church of St. Mary 09/02/59

GV I

Church. C13, C14, C15 porch, early C18 top to tower. Flint with stone dressings; red brick dressing to top of tower; plain tile roof. Nave, chancel and west tower. Porch to right of centre: brick base; 2-centre wooden arch to front; original studded door to church in stone 2-centred archway with damaged hood mould and damaged carved end stops. Three 2-light Y-tracery windows to nave. 3 pointed lancets to chancel. Single trefoil topped lancet to chancel. 2-centred arched doorway to chancel with moulded hood. Tower to right; pointed lancer with hood mould with end stops to first stage. C18 round-headed openings with brick dressings to second stage. C18 round-headed louvred opening with brick dressings to third stage. Shaped brick cornice; shaped parapet to roof with stone ball finials to corners. Rear: Blocked 2-centre arched doorway to left of centre with hood mould. Three 2-light Y-tracery windows to nave. 3 pointed lancets and rectangular window to chancel. Carved head and hands holding stone sun dial above blocked door. Left return: 3-light probably C19 plate tracery window. Interior: C13 pisinca and aumbry to chancel. Romanesque round font on hexagonal pillar on round base. Probably C14 wall paintings to nave. Transitional chancel arch. Jacobean wooden pulpit with sounding board. Jacobean choir stalls with linenfold panels to front. Queen post roof to nave with windbraces. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.723-4).

Listing NGR: SU6089586210