Description

HAMPTON GAY AND POYLE HAMPTON GAY
SP4816
6/62 Church of St. Giles
07/12/66
GV II*

Church. Medieval; rebuilt 1767-72 for Reverend Thomas Hinds; restored 1860 by
Reverend F.C. Hingeston. Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar quoins;
coursed limestone rubble with north wall and west tower. Gabled stone slate
roof. Nave, chancel and west tower. East window of graduated C13-style lancets.
Two-bay side walls have classical moulded cornice and pointed lancets; hood
mould over mid C19 pointed arched chamfered doorway with plank door. Medieval
2-storey west tower; mid C19 Norman-style west doorway with nailhead decoration;
C18 semi-circular arched belfry windows with key and impost blocks; crenellated
parapet; pyramidal-roof has large ball finial and wrought-iron weathervane.
Interior: mid C18 panelled pulpit; mid C19 pews; mid C18 gallery with panelled
font set on slender octagonal shaft. Mid C18 plaster ceiling, with moulded
cornice and square panels and central roundel. Monuments: south wall has white
marble architectural monument with shield set in broken pediment and fluted
Ionic pilasters to Thomas Hindes, d.1718, and wife Elizabeth, d.1761; two C20
wall tablets set in architectural frame. North side: architectural wall monument
to Reverend Thomas Hindes, d.1768, with shield set in broken pediment and fluted
pilasters; large fine architectural coloured monument to Vincent Barry, d.1615,
his wife and daughter Lady Katherine, d.1663. 3 shields surmount inscription
flanked by putti; Corinthian columns flank figures kneeling at prayer desks,
with children below, set in segmental-arched recess with rosettes. Church stands
in isolated position in fields, with deserted medieval village to south.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p630; VCH: Oxfordshire: Vol VI, pp158-9;
National Monuments Record)

Listing NGR: SP4845816450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548312

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)