St Giles

In the main late C15 built for John Barton.

The C13 tower of 2 stages has an arched 4-light panel tracery window with hoodmould and label stops.

The broached spire has 4 carved heads, one at each point of the broach, with 4 lucarnes.

The tower has 2 C15 diagonal buttresses with a shield carved onto the northern most one.

The north has some C12 remains to the lower part of the wall, with remnants of a string course under the chancel windows.

There is a C13 doorway with double door under a pointed arch resting on lozenge decorated capitals.

Between chancel and chapel is a carved head.

There are 2 carvings to the south aisle and a single one to the east end of the chapel, with 2 gargoyles to the south aisle.

The 2 storey south porch with shaped gable and diagonal buttresses, each surmounted by a single gargoyle, has a central doorway with arch over supported by a pair of moulded capitals, above is a hoodmould surmounted by 7 mid C16 carved shields, a string course, a central 2-light arched window with hoodmould and label stops and an arch.

The tower screen (made out of pew panels from Attenborough) with 2 C16 urns stands below a chamfered arch supported by castellated abaci.

South chapel and south aisle are separated by an arch supported by 2 carved heads.

The C15 pews to both nave and aisle have poppyheads.

The pulpit incorporates Jacobean panels from Dean Hole's pulpit at Caunton.

Chancel and nave are separated by a restored C15 decorated and coloured roodscreen surmounted by 3 C20 figures.

The chancel has C15 pews with restored c17 balustraded altar rails.

On either side of the altar is a bracket for an image and a c.1500 wrought iron candlestick.

The east window contains much medieval glass.

Between chancel and chapel is the fine, elaborate and well preserved Barton monument.

This is in 2 tiers, the upper tier with carved effigies of John and his wife Isabella is supported by depressed arches, below and lying within the arches is a cadaver, Around the base are 6 restored coloured shields with restored coloured decorations to edges and sides and castellated bratishing.

Either side of the altar is a decorated stone niche containing in the left side a damaged stone figure and in the right a stone crocketed pinnacle.

The south wall also has a recently coloured carved winged angel supporting a C20 figure with a crocketed canopy over.

The screen separating chancel and chapel and the parclose screen are C15 but restored.

The east window has some C15 coloured glass.

The pew at the east end of the aisle has no poppyhead, but has blind tracery carved to its end.

There is an octagonal font with recessed panels.