Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles was originally designed in 1720 by William Smith of Warwick as the Church of St Peter at Arches in Lincoln. It was demolished in 1930 and re-erected and extended in 1936 by William Watkins of Lincoln on its current site. The church is constructed of 20th-century brick with 18th-century ashlar dressings and copper roofs, and is built in a classical style.

The plan comprises a tower, a nave with aisles, a chancel with an apse, and a vestry. The exterior features a moulded plinth and cornice, a coped parapet with corner pedestals, and rusticated brick quoins. Most windows have round heads and moulded architraves with keystones. The four-stage tower has clasping pilasters, string courses, an eaves cornice, a balustrade, and urn finials topped with wind vanes. A doorcase with Doric pilasters and a round-headed doorway is located to the east, alongside a lamp bracket. Small double windows with round heads and keystones flank the north and south sides of the tower. The second stage has a window to the east, and the third stage has a round opening with keystones to the west, and a clock on the other sides. The bell stage has a louvred opening on each side. The south aisle has four windows and a round-headed doorway with a round window above it, both with keystones. The west end has a parapeted apse. The north aisle features a door with a round window above it, three windows, and a round window above these. Aisle windows are also present in the east and west ends. The single-storey, north-facing vestry has a slate roof and a round-headed doorway flanked by single windows.

The interior includes five-bay arcades with Doric piers and moulded round arches with keystones. Plaster ceilings feature moulded cornices. A full-width, bow-fronted wooden gallery spans the east end, supported by a 18th-century dogleg staircase with vase and stem balusters at each end. The gallery houses a restored 18th-century organ and case. Panelled dadoes line the chancel and aisles. Reset fragments of 12th-century stonework are incorporated into the south aisle chapel and vestry doorways. A 19th-century traceried wooden screen and a stained glass window displaying the arms of the Diocese are located in the north aisle to the west. Two late 19th-century windows are on the north side. The chancel contains a plain aumbry and piscina, niches, an 18th-century wrought-iron altar rail, and two mid-19th-century stained glass windows. Fittings include an 18th-century alabaster font with a swagged bowl and a Latin inscription, covered by a 20th-century wooden cover. A wrought-iron skeleton pulpit stands on a wooden base, and the church is furnished with plain benches, some with poppyheads. An oak eagle lectern is also present, and there are no memorials.