Description

SP 91 NW CHEDDINGTON STATION ROAD

4/13 Church of St. Giles

18.10.66
- II*

Parish church. Originally C12, altered Cl4 and C15, with C15 W. tower
and N. aisle, and C19 S. porch and N. vestry. Restored C19 and 1921-5.
Coursed rubble limestone, part repaired with ashlar, part rendered.
Tiled chancel and S. porch, lead roofs to remainder. W. tower of 3
stages has semi-octagonal stair turret to S., diagonal buttresses, and
restored parapet and 2-light openings to bell-chamber, paired to E. and
W. sides. W. side also has 3-light cusped window with worn carved head
stops to hoodmould, and restored lancet above. Nave,N, aisle and
chancel have 2 and 3-light restored C15 windows with cusped lights and
flat heads, the chancel with C19 3-light traceried E. window. Nave is of
3 bays with slight projection for rood-left at S.E. corner. 4-centred arched
doorways, the N. blocked, the S. in steeply gabled porch with re-set
fragments of C12 masonry. Small doorway in S. wall of chancel. Interior:
tower arch is double chamfered, the inner order on semi-octagonal piers
with moulded caps. Nave has 3-bay N. arcade of similar arches, hollow
chamfered, on octagonal piers. Carved stone corbels in S. wall.
C14 moulded chancel arch. window-seat sedilia. C19 roofs. Fittings:
medieval octagonal stone font; early C17 altar table with cup and cover
balusters, carved frieze and rails; very fine early C17 pulpit with panelled
sides, carved grotesque scrolls and crested sounding board; poor box
dated 1611 on turned wooden baluster; 1870 tile and mosaic reredos of The
Last Supper by Powell and Sons; C19 glass in chancel and N. aisle. Other
fittings C19.

RCHM II p. 82-84 _______________

Listing NGR: SP9222118007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539006

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