Description

CHINNOR EMMINGTON
SP7402
9/38 Church of St. Nicholas
18/07/63

GV II*

Church. C14 tower; chancel and nave partly rebuilt c.1874 by Charles Buckeridge
and J.L. Pearson. Squared stone plinth; coursed stone rubble; old plain-tile
roofs. 4-bay nave, 2-bay chancel, and west tower. 2-centre arched doorway to
centre of nave with moulded arch and hood mould; C19 plank door. Paired lancets
with flat heads to left and right. 2-light Y-tracery windows to chancel. East
end: Y-tracery window. Rear: 2-centre arched doorway to centre of nave with
moulded arch and hood mould; C19 plank door. Paired lancets with flat heads to
left and right. 2-light Y-tracery windows to chancel. Tower has angle buttresses
and louvred lancet opening with flat head to each side, saddleback roof.
Interior: braced collar truss roof to chancel; C19 kingpost roof to nave; C19
carved wood reredos, stone piscina and sedilia, and encaustic tile floor to
chancel. C14 two-centred chancel arch on half-octagonal columns. Piscina to
right. C19 pulpit to left. C14 round stone font on shaped plinth.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.592).

Listing NGR: SP7423002370

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17549560

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)