St Frideswide Church
St Frideswide Church, Botley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0BL
Set between two back-streams of the Thames, St Frideswide’s was raised in 1870-72 for Oxford’s new railway suburb to a boldly individual design by the Victorian architect Samuel Sanders Teulon. Rough-hewn Charlbury stone, Bath-stone dressings give the building its striking exterior, while the broad nave still seats about 100 worshippers.
Highlights include ‘St Frideswide’s Door’ (carved by the family of Alice Liddell of Alice in Wonderland fame), five Geoffrey Webb Easter windows (1931, re-set 1984-85 by Michael Farrar-Bell), fourteen painted wooden angels added in 1950, and a two-manual A. Hunter pipe-organ dating from 1879.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- 1430-1700
- Sunday 14 September:
- 1230-1600
Location & directions
St Frideswide Church, Botley Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 0BL
- Contact on day:
- Anna Clark
- Telephone number:
- +441865242918
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Level access via south-west door (80 cm clear width, portable ramp if threshold required). Wheelchair accessible bathroom. Assistance dogs welcome.
Additional information
Free-flow drop-in all day (no booking).
