St Mary's Church, Chastleton

St Mary the Virgin, Chastleton
St Mary's from the grounds of Chastleton House
St Mary the Virgin, Chastleton Location in Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°57′47″N 1°38′31″W / 51.963°N 1.642°W / 51.963; -1.642
Location	Chastleton, Oxfordhire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	(enlarged about 1320)
Specifications
Materials	Cotswold stone
Administration
Deanery	Chipping Norton
Archdeaconry	Oxford
Diocese	Oxford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev Canon Stephen Weston

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England. It is a parish church in the parish of Little Compton, along with those of Cornwell, Daylesford and Little Rollright. The parish is part of the Team Benefice of Chipping Norton, along with the parishes of Chipping Norton with Over Norton, Churchill and Kingham. The Benefice of Chipping Norton is part of the Diocese of Oxford.

The church was built in about AD 1100 and enlarged in 1320. The present bell-tower was added in 1689. The church was restored in 1878–80 to the designs of C.E. Powell and is a Grade II* listed building.

St Mary's parish church was built in about AD 1100, but there may have been a church on the same site before the Norman conquest of England. All that remains of the original Norman church are a door in the north wall, the arched pillars and possibly the font.

In about 1320 the chancel was built, part of the north wall was widened and the south aisle was added to form chantry chapels.

The chapel received its charter as a chantry in 1336. Robert Trillowe, who lived on the site of Chastleton House, was probably the patron. The floor has medieval glazed fired floor-tiles which almost certainly date from the 14th century.

The east window depicts the four Evangelists. The South window shows scenes from the childhood of Jesus.