Church Of St Paul

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

CULHAM THE GREEN SU5094 (South side) 12/37 Church of St. Paul 18/07/63

GV II



Church. Tower c.1710; nave, aisles and south transept c.1852 by Joseph Clarke; chancel c.1872 by R.P. Spiers. Uncoursed stone rubble to tower; squared coursed stone to church with ashlar stone dressings; old plain-tile roof; roof of tower not visible. 4-bay nave and north aisle, south transept, chancel and west tower.

Early English style. 2-centred archway with hood mould and triangular moulded surround to porch to left of centre of nave. Double plank doors with wrought iron hinges to 2-centre arched doorway. 2-light plate tracery and trefoil lancet windows. Doorway with plank door to base of tower; tower of 2 stages. Louvred opening to each side of top of tower. Plain parapet to tower with stepped corners. Interior: wooden barrel-vault to chancel, 4-bay arch-braced collar truss roof to nave. C19 stencil decoration to chancel walls. Piscina to right of chancel. 2-centred chancel arch on half-columns. 2-centred transept arch on corbels. Aisle arcade of three 2-centred arches on columns. C19 pews with wrought iron candelabra to ends. C19 octagonal stone font with pierced wood cover.

(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.565; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.37).

Listing NGR: SU5018094972

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1093 IOE Records taken by A H Jacobs; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mrs A H Jacobs. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project