Description

SY 2797 KILMINGTON CHURCH ROAD
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8.5.67 Church of St Giles

II*

Parish church. C15 west tower. Remainder rebuilt in 1862 and designed by
T.T.Bury. West tower of two stages, north angle buttresses with set offs,
battlements, finials and gargoyles. Two light bell openings. Four centred arch
west window and door. Polygonal stair turret on south side.
Nave, north and south aisles and chancel built in 1862 in perpendicular style, and
with open timber framed south porch. Coursed stone with freestone dressings, and
slate and tiled roofs.
Interior: four bay north and south arcades with octagonal piers, moulded capitals
and double chamfered arches. Four centred arch wagon roofs to nave and chancel.
Circa C15 octagonal font with quatrefoil panels. Monuments in north aisle Thomas
Southcott 1735 with Corinthian pilasters broken pediment containing cartouche
flanked by angels.
Mrs Agnes Tucker 1788 by Harris of London, with draped urn. Royal Arms of
Charles II fixed to roof of north aisle. Hatchment over tower arch.

Listing NGR: SY2730797984

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546832

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)