Noke : St Giles

There was a church at Noke at least by 1191, when a priest was first recorded. The present stone building dates from around 1270; the list of rectors begins in 1272. The building consists of a small nave and chancel, and is essentially in the Early English Gothic style, but like so many small churches bears witness to repairs and alterations through the years.

About this church

The church comprises a nave with a small bell-cote above the western gable, chancel, and south porch. Both the chancel with its double lancet window in the south wall and the chancel arch are probably 13th-century. On either side of the arch are two 14th- or 15th-century niches. On the north side of the nave there was a mortuary chapel built by Joan Bradshaw (d. 1598/9) for herself and members of the Winchcombe family (demolished in 1745), Further repairs took place in the 18th and 19th century, the last restoration was undertaken by the Oxford architect William Wilkinson (1819-1901).

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