Roger Sweet's Pictures of Great Bourton

Golden ironstone cottages in Great Bourton

Great Bourton is a small village of honey-coloured ironstone houses and cottages and attractive houses on the side of a hill in the extreme north of the county only a stone's throw from the border with Warwickshire.

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Great Bourton, English Cottages, Oxfordshire

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The bell tower and lychgate to All Saints' Church, Great Bourton

Although originally 13th century the church was rebuilt almost entirely in the 19th century. When the church was rebuilt the unusual bell tower, separate from the church, was built over the lychgate and is one of only three such bell towers in Britain.

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Great Bourton, Churches, Buildings and Structures, Oxfordshire

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All Saints' Church, Great Bourton, showing the recess containing the bell

The village church, All Saints' Church, stands prominently in the centre of the village. Although originally 13th century the church was rebuilt almost entirely in the 19th century. The west wall of the nave has a recess containing a small bell which was cast in 1673. When the church was rebuilt the unusual bell tower, separate from the church, was built over the lychgate and is one of only three such bell towers in Britain.

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Great Bourton, Churches

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