Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a parish church primarily built in the 14th century, with significant rebuilding in 1877 by architect William Eden Nesfield. The structure is made of flint with stone dressings and red tiles, featuring a west tower, south porch, nave, and chancel. The 14th-century tower has trefoil heads on each of its four bell openings and a 15th-century two-light west window. The south wall includes an isolated lancet, a two-light straight-headed perpendicular window, and a three-light perpendicular window. The perpendicular south porch has a four-centred arch and angle buttresses, with an 18th-century wall table at the midpoint. The chancel's south wall features one round-headed and one perpendicular straight-headed three-light window, while the east window is curvilinear with cusping from the 14th century. On the north nave wall, there is a north doorway, two two-light windows with cusped "Y" tracery, and one three-light straight-headed perpendicular window. Inside, there is a perpendicular tower arch, but no chancel arch. The nave roof, added in 1877, consists of closely set scissor-framed trusses. A perpendicular rood screen features elaborate double cusped tracery heads and a painted dado depicting six female saints and six theologian saints. The church also contains 17th-century communion rails and stalls designed by Nesfield.