Church

St Giles, Carburton

St Giles, Carburton

St Giles is a Grade II* former parish church on Piper Lane, Carburton, Nottinghamshire, in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. It was declared redundant in 2018.

Location
Carburton, Nottinghamshire
Country
England
County
Nottinghamshire
City / town
Carburton
Address
Piper Lane, Carburton, Nottinghamshire, S80 3BW
Postcode
S80 3BW
Built
C12, late C13, C17, C18; restored c.1887
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Giles
Diocese
Southwell and Nottingham
Parish
Carburton
Grade
II*
Style
Norman and later medieval, with C18 bellcote
Materials
Ashlar dressings and render; lead roofs
Grid reference
SK 611 733
Opening hours
Redundant since 2018; interior closed as unsafe. Churchyard remains accessible.
Access
Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas

Overview

Historic England records fabric of the twelfth, late thirteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with work of about 1887. The listing describes ashlar dressings, render and lead roofs: nave, chancel, vestry, south porch and a western bell turret. The west wall has a late thirteenth-century two-light Y-traceried window and an eighteenth-century bellcote. Two-and-a-half bays of a late twelfth-century south nave arcade, now blocked, remain visible externally, with octagonal piers, a keeled east respond and waterleaf foliage. A twelfth-century slightly tapering circular tub font survives. In the sanctuary floor is an engraved armorial brass to Sir John Mazine, horsemaster to the first Duke of Newcastle.

The Church Heritage Record describes a small chapel of about 1100 whose south aisle had been removed by 1748, restored in the 1880s, with the exterior rendered and the porch renewed about 1958. Wikipedia notes that a porch notice now states that interior visits cannot be allowed because the building has been deemed unsafe.

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