Description

CUXHAM WITH EASINGTON CUXHAM
SU6695
12/83 Church of the Holy Rood
18/07/63

GV II

Church. Early C12, early C14 and mid C18 alterations; chancel rebuilt 1895 by
C.C. Rolfe. Coursed chalk rubble, limestone ashlar dressings; chancel of coursed
and dressed limestone; gabled late C19 tile roof, except old tiles on part of
nave roof and pyramidal old tile tower roof. Chancel, nave and west tower. Hood
moulds over 3 ogee-headed east lights; north vestry has chamfered light and
pointed chamfered doorway; 3-light south window. Nave has early C14 two-light
ogee-headed windows and two C18 memorial tablets to north, and 2 mid C18 2-light
round-arched brick-mullioned windows to south. West tower has string-course,
round-headed lancets and rebuilt early C12 doorway, with rebuilt arch, interlace
capitals set on spiral-fluted jamb shafts and stones at base of jambs with
scrolled carvings: C18 studded door. Rebuilt round-arched west doorway has some
early C12 billet-carved voussoirs: late C19 double-leaf doors. Interior: chancel
of 1895 has sedilia, piscina and pointed chancel arch. Nave has C17 panelled
pulpit reset on late C19 base and 13 rows of early C18 pews, with bolection
panelled rear of south wall. Floor tablet inscribed M.B./1688, and brass to John
Gregory, d.1501, with 2 wives and children; late C19 font; early C19 wall
monument in memory of Mary Gregory, d. 1688, and two C19 wall tablets. C18
two-tier 4-bay queen-post roof with curved arch braces.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, pp.567-8).

Listing NGR: SU6667895206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26312611

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