Abbeys & priories · West Midlands
Church of St Denys
Church of St Denys — church in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, England, UK.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Church of St Denys is an abbey, priory, or monastic site in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.6390°, -1.5073°.
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Heritage listing
Details SU 57 SE 6/31 STANFORD DINGLEY Church of St. Denys GV I Church. C12, C13 and C14 with early C18 chancel. Restored 1870 and 1885. Flint with Bath stone dressings, brick chancel with plinth, stone window dressings, moulded brick eaves cornice and parapet to east. Old tile roofs, weatherboarded bellcote at west end of nave with four louvres on each face, pyramidal slate roof and weathervane. Nave, north and south aisles, south porch and chancel. Nave, west end: C14 arched doorway with hoodmould and boarded door with old ironwork, two ogee-light square headed window above with hoodmould. Southside: paired C19 lancets to left. South aisle: small C19 lancet at west end and C13 quatrefoil opening at east end. Large C13 trefoil arched south doorway with carved roundel at apex, hoodmould, and shafts with stiff leaf capitals. Old boardeddoor with contemporary ironwork. Triple C19 cusped lancets to right. C19 gabled south porch with chamfered arch, hoodmould with carved stops, and square openings to east and west. North aisle: three bays with buttresses, paired C19 cusped lancets to left, and cusped lancets in centre and to right. C13 lancets at east and west ends. Chancel: single round arched windows to north and south, stone wall tablet to Catherine Juliana of 1811 at left to south, and single round arched east window with keystone. Interior: three bay north arcade and two bay south arcade, with moulded arches of differing sizes, stiff leaf capitals and hoodmoulds. Nave roof of three bays with ties, arch braced collars, double purlins and wind-braces. Moulded chancel arch with medieval glazed bricks in north respond. Remains of C13 wall painting in nave. Norman tub font, coat of arms above chancel arch, Commandment boards in chancel and Creed boards in north aisle. Other
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
Place summary
The Church of St Denys is an abbey located in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, within the West Midlands. This Grade I listed building is notable for its architectural significance and is situated in areas of outstanding natural beauty, specifically the Cotswolds and North Wessex Downs.
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- Coordinates
- 51.6390, -1.5073
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Parish
- Stanford in the Vale
- Postcode
- SN7 8HU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
Sources
- wikidata: Q17529110 (CC0)
- commons: Stanford in the Vale.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Church of St Denys?
- Church of St Denys is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SN7 8HU), in the parish of Stanford in the Vale.
- Is Church of St Denys a listed building?
- Church of St Denys is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Church of St Denys a protected site?
- Yes — Church of St Denys is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB) and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Church of St Denys?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN7 8HU. It sits within the Didcot and Wantage parliamentary constituency.