All Saints' Church, Nuneham Courtenay

2013-06-26

A gentleman’s folly in a beautiful Thames-side setting

This stunning church was built in the 1760s by Solicitor-General Simon Harcourt as part of the landscaped park for Nuneham Park House.

Built to a classical design, with a gleaming dome and six slender columns, the church is as magnificent as its setting overlooking the Thames.

Inside, All Saints is a monument to wealth and taste, with Italian fittings, magnificent memorial sculptures and busts.

Look for the child among the bluebells – a beautiful and moving life-sized memorial.