Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a parish church located on Potton Road in Tadlow. It features a nave and chancel dating from the 13th century, with a west tower added around 1400. The church underwent restoration around 1860, overseen by the architect W. Butterfield. It is constructed from fieldstone and clunch rubble, with limestone and clunch dressings, and has plain tiled roofs.

The west tower consists of three stages and includes a west doorway with a pointed arch that has continuous moulding and a square head featuring dagger tracery in the spandrels. The west window has two cinquefoil lights set in a four-centred arch with a label. The bell stage has two similar openings in a four-centred arch. The aisleless nave has a south wall that was refenestrated in the 14th to 15th centuries, featuring three windows with two cinquefoil lights and vertical tracery in a depressed arch. The south doorway, dating from the 13th century, has a two-centred arch with three moulded orders, supported by nook shafts with restored capitals and bases.

The chancel has two restored 19th-century lancets in the north and south walls, and the east wall has been rebuilt with three graduated lancets from the 19th century. There are also two 13th-century lancets in the north wall of the nave. Inside, the west tower has been added with a corrected orientation and features a two-centred tower arch with two chamfered orders; the inner order rests on engaged shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The deep splays to the rear arches of the 13th-century lancets in the north wall are notable. The roof was rebuilt in the 19th century. The chancel was internally remodelled around 1860, showcasing polychrome tiles and a painted boarded ceiling. The font, designed by Butterfield, has a grey marble octagonal bowl with panelled sides, raised gables in relief, and an intaglio quatrefoil of white marble, supported by a broach stopped octagonal stem.