St Mary the Virgin, Iffley

The Romanesque church was built c.1160 by the St Remy family, probably financed with funds from the de Clintons of Kenilworth Castle. The Early Gothic east end was extended in c.1230, when a cell was constructed on the south side for the anchoress Annora. The building has not been changed much over the centuries, retaining its round-arched windows and doorways. It is Grade I listed. In the south wall of the nave is as a stained glass window designed by John Piper and made by glassmaker David Wasley in 1982 for an exhibition in Bristol. It was only installed at Iffley in 1995 after being gifted to the church by Piper's widow, Myfanwy. The window depicting Piper’s familiar Tree of Life motif,…