Pishill Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Church.

Pishill Church

WRENN ID
dusk-latch-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Church
Address
Pishill Church, Church Hill, Pishill with Stonor
OS grid reference
SU 726 898
Coordinates
51.60281, -0.9526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pishill Church is a church that dates back to the Norman period and the late 13th century, but it was rebuilt in 1854 for Reverend C. E. Rucke-Keene. The structure is made of coursed flint rubble with limestone ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with a gabled old tile roof. It features a chancel, nave, and north transept, all designed in the Gothic Revival style.

The east window consists of three stepped lancets, while the south wall of the chancel has one- and two-light lancets. The south wall of the nave includes a gabled porch with lancets and a pointed doorway leading to double-leaf plank doors, along with a pointed south doorway. The porch is flanked by a lancet and a three-light ogee-headed window. A lean-to north vestry features a two-light lancet and a shoulder-headed doorway leading to a ribbed door. The north transept has one- and two-light trefoil-headed windows, along with a 13th-century trefoil-headed window on the north-west side. A louvred bellcote is situated over two lancets in the west gable.

Inside, there is a fine tile reredos from 1873 by Powell and Sons, along with a mid-19th century chancel roof, pulpit, lectern, benches, and organ. The church also contains a 14th-century octagonal font with a mid-19th century cover. The nave features a wall brass dedicated to Reverend C. E. Rucke-Keene, who died in 1880, while the north transept, known as the Stonor Aisle, has floor tablets commemorating Simon Doe, who died in 1659, and another dated 176. The roof of the north transept retains a 16th-century arch-braced collar-truss. The stained glass includes fine chancel windows from 1871, a south-west window from 1967 by John Piper, and a window east of the porch by Cox and Son.

Local climate

Pishill Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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