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St Giles

St Giles

St Giles on the Heath

Devon

Chancel and possibly tower C13, aisle C15, restorations of circa 1868 by Sedding and 1878 by J.P. St Aubyn.

Architectural Features

Stone rubble with granite dressings, slate roof with C19 crested ridge tiles.

A small C13 church of west tower, nave

chancel was enlarged in the C15 by a 5-bay south aisle.

3-light C15 Perpendicular granite east window with cusped lights, hoodmould and label stops.

The chancel window is a late C13 cinquefoil-headed lancet with a deep internal splay.

To the left and right of the priest's doorway a pair of chamfered lancets, probably C19 copies of medieval windows with stanchions, saddle bars and deep internal splays.

The south aisle has deep eaves with bargeboards of decoratively cut slate and a 3-light granite Perpendicular style with hoodmould and carved label stops.

The aisle has three 3-light square-headed cusped south windows, the 2 easternmost are circa late C15 granite with carved label stops, the westernmost is a C19 freestone replacement.

5-bay granite south arcade, the piers of 4 hollows and 4 shafts, carved moulded capitals to the shafts only, the hollows terminating in a moulded stop.

The font may be C12 or C13: a plain palyphant bowl on a square base carved with palmettes in roundels and ramshorn stops, the base is not necessarily contemporary with the bowl.

The chancel screen is 2 sections of cut down'wainscot from a circa late C15 rood screen.

Some unusual C16 or possibly C17 softwood bench ends, repaired and fitted to C19 benches.

The bench ends are wide and rectangular with hollow- chamfered borders: debased blind tracery is carved below various motifs including a flower, a fleur de lis and a man's head.

Circa early C20 pulpit of'timber traceried panels on a granite base, early C20 gabled timber reredos, the central gable with a nodding ogee, the side panels carved with lilies and roses.

C19 timber lectern.

Large slate ledger stone fixed to east wall of south aisle commemorating Thomas Carey, date probably of 1583, inscription round border.

On the south wall of the aisle a slate memorial commemorating Thomas Spettigue of East Panson (qv), died 1735: a segmental-headed slate with the inscription framed by Corinthian pilasters and an entablature.

On the north wall of the aisle a nowy-headed memorial slate to Edward Mill, died 1760, and other members of the family, a flower and angel carved in the head and a scratch-moulded border.