The building

 Click on the labelled places to explore Iffley Church

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If you would like to visit Iffley Church, you will be pleased to hear that it is normally open every day.

This is a rare example of a 12th century church whose high narrow structure remains more or less as it was when it was built. Many English churches will have been tall and narrow like this originally, but they were widened by the addition of aisles and transepts later.

Here only a Chancel has been added and windows altered.

It is in the grand style of the late Romanesque period, with massive walls, high arches and rich carving.

The lord of the manor, Robert de S. Remy, was probably responsible for its construction, which took place in about 1170.

The church was designed on a geometrical basis of three squares (Baptistry, Tower and Choir) and one rectangle (Nave).Each part, or “room”, had a specific function.

A fifth part, the present Chancel, was added later.

You can read about the history as you follow the links above or take our tour. You may also like to know about Annora the Anchoress of Iffley Church who lived in a cell beside the church in the 13th century.

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