Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a church dating from the 13th to 15th centuries, with a 17th-century south porch, a chancel of 1876, and restoration work in 1880-81. The chancel was designed by Edwin Dolby of Abingdon. The church is constructed of ashlar and coursed rubble stone, with Collyweston slate and leaded roofs, stone coped gables, and finials. It features buttresses with set-offs. The layout includes a west tower, nave, south aisle, north and south transepts, an east aisle to the south transept, a chancel, and a south porch.

The west tower is from the 13th century (lower part) and 15th century (upper part), with three stages, setback buttresses, a west door, a window, a southwest stair with single-light openings, and a south single-light. There are four two-light bell openings, clock faces to the east and south, and battlements. The north window has tracery with mouchettes, and a north door. A roughly contemporary double-chamfered north transept arch features semi-circular responds, and a restored south arcade comprises three bays with circular piers. A 19th-century three-bay polygonal wagon roof covers the nave. The north transept has been altered, likely in the 17th century, and now serves as a vestry/meeting room, with three-light stone mullion windows; the bases of shafts remain. A double-chamfered chancel arch, with polygonal responds, leads to a chancel with three north windows, two south windows, sedilia, and two niches. The east window has Geometric tracery and stained glass dating from 1875. The chancel also has a 19th-century roof resembling that of the nave. A moulded arch to the south transept aisle is characterized by keeled responds, and a niche, piscina, and triple sedilia are also present. The south transept has a 19th-century roof similar to the nave. The east aisle of the south transept has a mostly restored 15th-century roof. A large transept window has restored Curvilinear tracery, and a north window contains 20th-century stained glass. The south aisle has two restored Perpendicular windows. A roughly contemporary south doorway is decorated with ballflower motifs. The 17th-century south porch has a rounded arch and a pair of wooden gates. A roughly contemporary round font has four shafts at the corners, with a 19th-century base and a likely 17th-century octagonal wooden cover. Within the south transept is a tomb recess with a wide cusped trefoil arch, and the upper two-thirds of an effigy of a priest. Other features include a fine marble wall monument to Edward Conyers, who died in 1701, and a painted depiction of the Royal Arms from 1778.