Description

SP 6100 LITTLE MILTON CHURCH HILL
(West side)
13/76 Church of St James
18/07/63
- II

Church. 1844, tower 1861. By John Hayward of Exeter. Coursed squared
limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; concrete plain-tile roof. 4-bay
aisleless nave with short chancel, west tower, south porch and vestry to north
of chancel. Late C14 style. East and west windows are of 3 traceried lights,
the rest of 2 except for a cinquefoil lancet in the chancel south wall. Bays
are defined by buttresses and the windows have hood-moulds with carved heads,
the east window with "I H S" on shields in panels beneath the lights. West
tower of 3 unequal stages, the top stage with pairs of traceried 2-light
openings having the central pier rising from gables over the clock faces;
crenellated parapet with panelled bases for missing corner pinnacles over
string-course with carved heads, foliage and winged gargoyles at angles.
Interior: Chancel and tower arches have continuous mouldings; roofs are
panelled, springing from carved corbels. The bowl of a medieval piscina is
re-used in the chancel. Fittings are of oak and include an elaborate reredos
of 1901 by Hems of Exeter. Glass in east window and 2 eastern nave windows is
of 1854 by Willement; glass in west window and window to west of porch is of
1869 by Heaton, 8utler and Bayne.
(V.C.H. Oxfordshire VII; Buildings of England, Oxfordshire, p.687)

Listing NGR: SP6178200744

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26650557

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]