Church Of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1951. Church.
Church Of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- second-minaret-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1951
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NY 87 NE BIRTLEY BIRTLEY VILLAGE
Church of St. Giles 9/15 II* 10.11.51
Parish church. C12 restored 1884. Dressed stone and random rubble. Welsh slate roof. Nave, chancel, west porch and south-west tower. Chancel north wall and nave masonry is C12. Most other external features Victorian including west porch with pointed-arched doorway, multifoil rose window in west gable, and south-west tower which is a square vestry on ground floor, becoming octagonal with lancet bell openings and short octagonal spire.
3-bay nave has 3-light stepped cusped lancets on south side. Nave and chancel north walls blank. Three plain stepped lancets on chancel south side. East window is 3 stepped lancets under hoodmoulds.
Blocked priest's door and north door, probably early C17, are square-headed with chamfered surround.
Interior has C12 unmoulded chancel arch on plain chamfered imposts. Pointed arch to blocked priest's door. East window has shafts and shaft rings. Inscribed stone on chancel north wall, C8, with a cross and letters ORPE. Several medieval coffin lids built into west porch, also a plain medieval stoup.
Listing NGR: NY8780277962
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