St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren

St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren
St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren, from the northeast
St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren Location in Oxfordshire
51°35′31″N 1°07′13″W / 51.5919°N 1.1203°W / 51.5919; -1.1203
OS grid reference	SU 610 885
Location	Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	9 February 1959
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman, Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials	Flint with stone dressings Tiled roofs

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the hamlet of Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,^[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.^[2] The church stands at the end of a farm track, overlooking the River Thames, near The Ridgeway long-distance path.^[2][3]

The church dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations in the following century. It was restored in 1849. During the 19th century the porch and bellcote were added.^[1] The church was declared redundant on 23 January 1973, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 21 May 1974.^[4] For access, the keyholder can be found nearby.^[2]

St Mary's is constructed in flint with stone dressings, and has a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave with a south aisle, a chancel and a north porch. At the west end of the nave gable is a bellcote. The porch is timber-framed on a flint base, with a tiled roof.^[1] The doorway is Norman in style.^[2] To the left of the porch is a lancet window, there are two lancets in the north wall of the chancel, and similar windows in the south wall. The east window dates from the 19th century; it has three lights, and contains plate tracery.^[1]

The interior wall of the church is limewashed, and the windows contain stained glass. The roof dates from the medieval period.^[2] The chancel arch is in Norman style,^[2] and to its right is a squint.^[1] In the chancel is a piscina in a recess in its south wall, and in the north wall is a double aumbry.^[1] The 1849 restoration removed most of the fittings, but a Jacobean pulpit and communion table are still present.^[2] On the wall of the aisle is a monumental brass dating from the 16th century.^[1]

• List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England