Description

CHALFONT ST GILES HIGH STREET
1.
5134
(south-east side)
Parish Church of
St Giles
SU 9993 4/24 22.12.58

GV
2.
C13 chancel, north aisle. C14 south aisle, north aisle west bay. C15 north
aisle widened and lengthened; chancel arch and south arcade rebuilt. Clerestory
and tower C15. North vestry 1861-3, church restored. South porch and organ
chamber later C19. Chancel, 3 bay aisled nave and west tower. Flint with stone
dressings, lead roofs. C13 double piscina on detached shaft. Octagonal piers
to nave arcades and double-chamber arches. Battlemented tower of 2 stages. Nave
roof C15 with moulded beams. C13 Perbeck Marble font. Some C15 and C16 poppy
head bench ends: Circa 1700 communion rail. Wall paintings of C15 (above chancel
arch) and C14 (in south aisle). Several brasses and monuments. Tombchest to
Fleetwoode C16. Sir George Fleetwoode, died 1620, good wall monument. Sir
Hugh Palliser, died 1796, architectural with urn in front of steep pyramid.
VCH III pp 190-2, RCHM I. 79 Monument I.

Listing NGR: SU9910293507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527055

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House