Church Of St Giles

The Church of St Giles is a church that features fragmentary remains of a 14th-century chapel, which was completely rebuilt between 1721 and 1722 by James Gibbs. It was later replaced between 1879 and 1881 by Maun and Saunders for Edward Cazalet of Fairlawne. The church consists of a nave and chancel with transepts, designed in a neo-Decorated style, and includes a central tower. The structure is made of coursed ragstone rubble with ashlar dressings and has tiled roofs.

The tower features pointed arch openings at the belfry stage and a crenellated parapet above a pyramidal tiled roof topped with a weather-vane. There are four corner animal gargoyles and an octagonal stair-tower at the north-east corner. The chancel has one bay and a three-light east window, along with a gable parapet that includes kneelers. The transepts have three-light windows set in recessed arches. The nave consists of four bays with groups of three single-light windows. There is a gabled north-west porch with a gable-parapet and kneelers, leading to a columned arched entrance. The west end features a small round window in the gable and a pair of two-light windows below.

Inside, the church has full-width arches across the bays of the nave, adorned with inlaid decoration above and at the impost level. Similar decoration is found above and around the chancel arch. The nave has a wooden barrel vault supported by arved stone colonnettes, while the crossing features a ribbed and banded brick and stone vault. The shallow chancel is also decorated with inlaid work and is covered by a boarded wooden vault. Notable interior features include a carved reredos depicting the Last Supper with pinnacles above, a carved pulpit with moveable legs and a parapet, and a carved font with marble legs. Wooden stalls with an arched and pinnacled canopy span the full width of the west end.

In the south transept, there is a monument to Christopher Vane, who died in 1723, and his wife, Elizabeth, who died in 1725. This monument features a giant aedicule topped with a triangular pediment, with figures of Elizabeth on the left and Christopher on the right, flanking an urn on a pedestal. Their daughter, Elizabeth, is depicted kneeling below. One arch from the medieval chapel remains, built into the interior of the north transept. Additionally, a photograph, an elevation, and a plan of the Gibbs church are displayed within the church.