Church Of St Remigius

The Church of St. Remigius is a parish church located in Stoke Holy Cross, dating back to the 13th century, with alterations from the 15th century and further restoration in 1898. The building is constructed of flint with ashlar dressings and some brick, and features rendered nave and chancel with plain tile roofs.

The church has a west tower, nave, and chancel, with the tower being a three-stage, unbuttressed structure that is primarily from the 19th century. It has stone quoins that mimic Anglo-Saxon work and a two-light Flowing style west window. The ringing chamber has a cusped window under a square head, and there is a string course below the two-light cusped belfry windows, which are set within brick surrounds. The tower is topped with a crenellated parapet, square section corner turrets, and crocketed finials. A stair tower at the north-east corner leads up to the ringing chamber, and diagonal buttresses are present on the east and west sides of the nave. The gabled south porch has been much restored, and there is a north doorway.

Inside, the church features a tall tower arch with round responds and a 16th-century nave roof that includes a wall plate with ashlaring and arched braces supported by wall posts on corbels from butt purlins. The ridge piece is also notable. The octagonal font from the 15th century is adorned with four lions sejant against the stem, and the bowl panels alternate between rosettes and symbols of the four Evangelists. The chancel has a 19th-century arch-braced roof and a 15th-century chancel screen with Perpendicular tracery. A brass memorial to Clare Talbot from 1649 depicts him in Civil Costume, flanked by his two wives in shrouds, with an inscription in the ledger.