Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a parish church dating back to the late 13th century, with significant additions and alterations made in the 14th century and late 19th century. The original parts of the church, the chancel and nave, are constructed from roughly coursed red sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, while the later additions are built in a lighter coloured sandstone ashlar. The roofs have steeply pitched plain tiles with gabled ends.

The chancel's east gable wall was rebuilt in the 19th century, featuring twin buttresses and a three-light pointed window with tracery and a hood mould. The south wall of the chancel incorporates three single-light windows with pointed arches of two splayed orders, and the north wall has two similar windows. The nave’s south wall also features two single-light windows with pointed arches of two splayed orders, alongside another window with two orders of wave mouldings and a hood mould. A 13th-century south door has a richly moulded pointed arch and label mouldings, and is sheltered by a 19th-century brick porch with a tiled gabled roof. Reused roof timbers within the porch are inscribed with the date 1616. The nave’s north side mirrors the south, having two single-light windows and an early 14th-century doorway with a pointed arch and wave mouldings. A modern triangular window above this doorway frames a cusped circle. The vestry, located at the east end of the church, is gabled with a single light window in the north gable wall.

The tower rises in four stages, marked by a splayed offset in the later top stage. It has twin buttresses at the northeast and southwest angles, and a battered brick base on the west side. Single-light windows with pointed arches are present in the second and third stages, with a single window on the north side of the third stage. A similar window is found on the south side of the lower stage. The tower is topped with a plain parapet and crocheted pinnacles. Each face of the top stage features a tracery window of two-trefoil lights with 4-centred arches and hood mouldings.

Inside, the chancel and nave have 19th-century hammer beam roofs supported by corbels. The chancel arch is tall and narrow, with a pointed arch of two hollow splays, and is flanked by lower arches likely dating to the 19th century. A pointed tower arch of two orders is also present. A 12th-century font features a tapered circular basin, a central shaft, and eight detached columns with moulded capitals and bases.