All Saints Church, Shirburn
| All Saints' Church, Shirburn | |
|---|---|
_All_Saints_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_69744.jpg) All Saints' Church, Shirburn, from the south | |
  All Saints' Church, Shirburn Location in Oxfordshire | |
| 51°39′28″N 0°59′41″W / 51.6577°N 0.9946°W | |
| OS grid reference | SU 696 959 |
| Location | Shirburn, Oxfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 18 July 1963 |
| Architect(s) | T. H. Wyatt (1876 restoration) |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Norman, Gothic, Georgian, Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1876 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Rendered chalk and flint Brick north transept Tiled roofs |
All Saints' Church is the redundant Church of England parish church of the parish of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church is at the west end of the village, immediately south of Shirburn Castle, the seat of the Earls of Macclesfield since 1715.[2][3] The north chapel of the church is the mausoleum of the Parker family, Earls of Macclesfield.[2]
History[edit]
The church dates from the late 11th or early 12th century. Additions and alterations were made in the 13th and 14th centuries.[1] Further alterations took place in the 18th century, when the top stage was added to the tower, and in the early part of the 19th century, when a north transept was added "as a family pew for the Earl of Macclesfield".[4] The church was restored and largely rebuilt in 1876 by T. H. Wyatt.[1] It was declared redundant in 1995 and vested in the Churches Conservation Trust.[5]
The church was used in 2011 as a shooting location for the television series Midsomer Murders.
Architecture[edit]
Most of the church is in rendered chalk and flint rubble, and the north transept is in brick. The roofs are tiled. Its plan is cruciform.[1] It consists of a nave with north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a south porch, a chancel with an organ chamber and a vestry to its north, and a west tower. To the south of the tower is a 19th-century circular staircase. On the north side of the tower is a two-light window which is probably Norman.[4] The top stage of the tower is Georgian in style.[1]
Above the medieval west window in the bottom stage of the tower is a reset Norman tympanum decorated with a figure-of-eight pattern. In the corresponding position inside the tower is a re-set Norman lintel, decorated with stars, beast heads and foliage. These were placed here in the 1876 restoration.[6] The dates of the windows around the church spread from the 12th to the 19th century.[1]
Inside the church are two 13th-century three-bay arcades between the nave and the aisles, and a two-bay arcade between the chancel and the north chapel. In the chancel and the transepts are memorials to the Chamberlain and Macclesfield families, and others. The south transept contains a 14th-century piscina, and in the nave is a 13th-century font with an 18th-century cover.[1] The stained glass in the east window is by Ward and Hughes.[4] The single-manual organ was made in the 1880s by Gray and Davison.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Shirburn (1284215)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
- ^ a b c All Saints' Church, Shirburn, Oxfordshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 27 March 2011
- ^ Shirburn, Streetmap, retrieved 27 March 2011
- ^ a b c Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1964), "Parishes: Shirburn", A History of the County of Oxford, Victoria County History, vol. 8, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, pp. 178–198, archived from the original on 28 November 2012, retrieved 27 March 2011
- ^ All Saints Church, Shirburn, The Benefice of Icknield, archived from the original on 21 July 2011, retrieved 27 March 2011
- ^ Blair, John and Sarah (2008), All Saints, Shirburn, Oxfordshire, London: Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 2 August 2012, retrieved 27 March 2011
- ^ Oxfordshire, Shirburn, All Saints (N00862), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 27 March 2011
External links[edit]
- Grade II listed churches in Oxfordshire
- Church of England church buildings in Oxfordshire
- Former Church of England church buildings
- English churches with Norman architecture
- English Gothic architecture in Oxfordshire
- Georgian architecture in England
- Gothic Revival architecture in Oxfordshire
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
- Redundant churches