Church of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1954. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- winter-frieze-brook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Giles, Ludford
- OS grid reference
- SO 512 741
- Coordinates
- 52.36292, -2.71685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Giles is a parish church that dates from the 11th to the 16th century. It is constructed of rubble and has a plain tile roof. The building features a nave, a chancel, and a short west tower, with the Foxe Chapel located to the north. The nave is of Norman origin and includes a later painted doorway, while the chancel, added around 1300, features a double chamfered chancel arch. The Foxe Chapel was established around 1555 and has a plain plastered barrel vault roof with a moulded cornice.
Inside the church, there are several notable monuments, including brasses commemorating William Foxe and his wife, along with kneeling children, dated 1554; an altar-shaped monument to Edward Foxe from around 1610, which has a lid supported by columns; a monument to Dorothy Charlton from around 1658; and a tomb for Sir Job Charlton, dated 1697, which features a recumbent effigy on a tomb chest with Ionic pilasters and a back with a semi-circular top flanked by two vases.
Local climate
Church of St Giles receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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