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St Giles

Architectural Features

C15, restored 1879-80 by Clarke.

Flint with stone dressings and plain tile roof.

West tower : C13.

Nave: first half C11, with later alterations.

Broad restored lancet-type window to west of porch, small double-splayed round-arched window to right of porch, and tall 2-light C15 window in older blocked opening towards east end.

South porch: possibly C14, repaired later.

Chancel: probably C13, plinthless, but narrower than nave.

Two C15 windows of 2 cinquefoiled lights with hoodmoulds.

Restored C15 east window of 3 cinquefoiled lights with tracery above.

North chapel: C13, with one original lancet.

Other C19 windows in C13 style.

North aisle: One north lancet and one C15 cinquefoiled 2-Light window with hood- mould.

Lower C13 two- centred tower arch with broad plain chamfer with no imposts or piers.

Crown-post roof to north chapel, probably C15.

Fittings: stone font built against east pier of central bay of nave arcade, said to be Cll.

Deep window seat to C15 south- east widnow, adjacent to piscina, possibly served as sedilia.

C13 chest with trefoiled arcading, fragments of late C14 stained glass in east window, north chapel lancet and south-west chancel window.

Fragment of Medieval screen with slender attached shafts and 4 cusped panels with ogee-moulded muntins.

C17 communion table.

C17 carved hexagonal pulpit with backboard.

Monuments: Fragment of stone coffin lid set vertically in base of north wall of north chapel