Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a parish church with a core dating back to the 13th century. It features a west tower, north aisle, south porch, and chancel that were added in the mid to late 14th century. The church underwent alterations and restorations in the late 19th century, including the addition of a south organ chamber. The structure is built from sandstone rubble, with ashlar used for the west tower, south porch, and organ chamber, all topped with slate roofs.

The west tower has one external stage and four internal stages, with a doorway on the north side and a window that now serves as a second doorway, accessible by late 19th-century steps leading up to the first floor. The tower is topped with an octagonal broach spire featuring four lucarnes, and it includes two cusped ogee-lights with a quatrefoil and a restored tip. The nave and chancel contain a 19th-century two-light window with cusped ogee-lights and a quatrefoil, along with a similar window flanking the porch. There is a small blocked square-headed window slightly to the west of the organ chamber, and another 19th-century two-light window. The north wall of the north aisle has two blocked pointed arched windows and a doorway between two inserted 19th-century two-light windows. At the east end of the chancel, there is a late 15th-century window with five cusped ogee-lights set in a 4-centred arch.

The south porch features an outer entrance with two moulded orders and a smaller doorway in the east wall with chamfered jambs. The inner doorway dates from the 19th century, while the east wall has a two-light window with cusped ogee-lights, and the west wall contains two ogee-headed lights that are now blocked internally.

Inside, the church has two eastern bays of the north nave arcade supported by drum piers with moulded bases and capitals, and altered arches. The remaining two bays of the nave to the west and two bays of the chancel have octagonal piers with moulded bases and capitals, featuring arches of two orders. The walls are fitted with imported linenfold panelling, with some panels believed to be from around 1700, originally from Hill Court. There is a damaged late 13th-century tomb with arcaded sides located under the eastern arch of the north arcade. The east window of the north aisle incorporates pieces of 15th-century glass, while the east window of the chancel was created by Hardman around 1875.