Church of St Giles is a Grade II* listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1967. A C19 Church. 2 related planning applications.

Church of St Giles

WRENN ID
strange-cupola-plover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1967
Type
Church
Period
C19
Address
Church of St Giles, Church Road, Kilmington
OS grid reference
SY 273 979
Coordinates
50.77685, -3.03238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Giles is a parish church with a 15th-century west tower. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1862 and designed by T.T. Bury. The west tower has two stages, with north angle buttresses featuring set-offs, battlements, finials, and gargoyles. It includes two light bell openings, a four-centred arch west window, and a door. There is a polygonal stair turret on the south side. The nave, north and south aisles, and chancel, built in 1862, are in the perpendicular style and feature an open timber-framed south porch. The church is constructed of coursed stone with freestone dressings, and has slate and tiled roofs.

Inside, there are four bay north and south arcades supported by octagonal piers with moulded capitals and double chamfered arches. The nave and chancel have four-centred arch wagon roofs. There is a circa 15th-century octagonal font with quatrefoil panels. Monuments in the north aisle include one for Thomas Southcott from 1735, featuring Corinthian pilasters and a broken pediment with a cartouche flanked by angels, and another for Mrs Agnes Tucker from 1788 by Harris of London, which includes a draped urn. The Royal Arms of Charles II is fixed to the roof of the north aisle, and there is a hatchment over the tower arch.

Local climate

Church of St Giles receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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