Chesterton - St Giles
St Giles at Chesterton is a long low building mostly dating from the 14th and
15th centuries. It's interior has a tunnel-like effect, there being little
structural difference between nave and chancel, all one long chamber without
aisles, separated only by a modest screen.
It's most important features are the group of monuments at the west end of
the nave, all to members of the Peyto family, builders of the renowned windmill
nearby, and former occupants of the now vanished mansion that stood immediately
north of the church (built 1650-60, demolished 1802; only an impressive gateway
arch remains).
15th centuries. It's interior has a tunnel-like effect, there being little
structural difference between nave and chancel, all one long chamber without
aisles, separated only by a modest screen.
It's most important features are the group of monuments at the west end of
the nave, all to members of the Peyto family, builders of the renowned windmill
nearby, and former occupants of the now vanished mansion that stood immediately
north of the church (built 1650-60, demolished 1802; only an impressive gateway
arch remains).