▁Oxford . ▁St ▁Bar nab as ▁is ▁the ▁parish ▁church ▁and ▁St ▁Thomas ▁is ▁the ▁chap el ▁of ▁ease . ▁The ▁first ▁vic ar ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁parish ▁was ▁Fr ▁Jonathan ▁Bes wick . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁he ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Fr ▁Christopher ▁Wood s . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁ ▁The ▁church ▁has ▁a ▁nave ▁with ▁a ▁north ▁a is le ▁and ▁vest ry , ▁a ▁Per pend icular ▁Goth ic ▁west ▁tower , ▁a ▁ch an cel ▁and ▁a ▁south ▁por ch . ▁The ▁nave ▁was ▁re built ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 th ▁or ▁early ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁to ▁meet ▁a ▁tower ▁of ▁approximately ▁the ▁same ▁age ; ▁it ▁is ▁often ▁dated ▁to ▁ 1 5 2 1 , ▁but ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁on ▁older ▁found ations . ▁The ▁southern ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁nave ▁contains ▁what ▁are ▁probably ▁th ir teenth - century ▁but tr esses ▁and ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁Per pend icular ▁Goth ic ▁windows . ▁The ▁north ▁a is le ▁was ▁originally ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁and ▁re built ▁by ▁H . J . ▁Under wood ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 ; ▁the ▁vest ry ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁and ▁re built ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁to ▁designs ▁by ▁Chamber lain , ▁through ▁the ▁gener os ity ▁of ▁the ▁cur ate , ▁Alexander ▁Pen rose ▁For bes . ▁The ▁church ▁has ▁been ▁r ero of ed ▁at ▁least