Church Of St Giles

The Church of St. Giles is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and brick, topped with a tiled roof. The building features a west tower, nave, chancel, and a south porch. The tower is unbuttressed and consists of several stages, with a west window showcasing Y-tracery from around 1300. Above this window, the flintwork changes from small fragments to larger flints. The ringing chamber has openings that are cusped and adorned with hood moulds, while the bell opening is a two-light Perpendicular style. The tower is also decorated with gargoyles and has a brick parapet.

The nave has four bays and is buttressed, with three south-facing windows that each contain three lights and panel tracery. A rood stair located in the southeast corner of the nave has been cemented over. The north wall of the nave and chancel is made of brick from 1749 and features semi-circular headed windows. The chancel, which has two bays and is buttressed with a diagonal buttress on the south side, includes two three-light windows under four-centre arches with hood moulds.

The porch, which dates from the 15th century, is two storeys high and is located at the first bay of the nave. It has flushwork at the base and on either side of the door, as well as above it. Stone carvings of St. Michael and St. George can be found in the spandrels, and there is a central niche with a stone canopy on the upper storey, flanked by windows with cusped ogee heads under square hood moulds. The restored doorway features a shaft with continuous inner and outer moulding, including hollows and rolls, while the plain inner doorway likely dates from the 17th century.

Inside, the church has a tall, narrow tower arch and a rood stair. There are some re-used poppy-head bench ends, and an arch leading from the parvise into the nave has been blocked. The font features cusped, sunk panels on its shaft and has an octagonal bowl supported by lion heads, which display the symbols of the Evangelists, the donors, the Virgin and Child, and a woodman with an axe, with the final panel left blank. Additionally, there is an ogee arched piscina and sedilia.