Pishill Church
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| Pishill Church | |
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 Pishill Church | |
| 51°36′10″N 0°57′09″W / 51.60280°N 0.95263°W | |
| Location | Pishill, Oxfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | None |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II listed |
| Designated | 23 September 1955 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Oxford |
| Archdeaconry | Dorchester |
| Deanery | Henley |
| Parish | Stonor with Pishill |
Pishill Church is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in the village of Pishill, Oxfordshire. It is unusual in that is has no known dedication.[1]
Situated on a hilltop overlooking the Stonor Valley and Hamlet of Pishill, a church was first recorded on the site when its benefice was granted to Dorchester Abbey in 1146. Its foundation was most likely Norman, but could be older.[2] Unusually for a Church of England parish church, it does not appear ever to have carried a dedication.[3]
Little outward evidence of the pre-Victorian church remains beyond the baptismal font, which incorporates was is seemingly part of a recycled 14th-century pier.[4] The building was enlarged and remodelled in 1854 by an unidentified builder, probably under the direction of the incumbent vicar, Reverend Benjamin Corrie Ruck-Keene, who funded the work personally.[3] Some heavily modified medieval construction does remain, suggesting that what is now the north transept previously served as a single-aisle nave.[3]
