Building record 0091500000 - ST GILES'S CHURCH, STOKE POGES

Summary

Twelfth century St Giles' church with thirteenth to sixteenth century additions, restored in nineteenth century.

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  • Listed Building (I) 1164966: CHURCH OF ST GILES
  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval parish church of St Giles, Stoke Poges

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Type and Period (1)

  • PARISH CHURCH (12th Century to 19th Century - 1100 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 28m, Width 18m.
Built of flint and some puddingstone & clunch. S chapel of brick. Nave & chancel early C12. 1230, chancel lengthened, N tower & S aisle added. c.1270 N aisle, c.1330 S porch. C15, N vestry added, but demolished. S chapel c. 1560. Chancel arch rebuilt 1844 & repairs 1860. C16 altar cross base (B1-5).
Grade I. Parish church. C12-C16. Flint rubble and red brick. Monuments. Closely associated with the poet Gray to whom tablet on external wall. The 'Elegy' may refer to this church and churchyard. VCH III, pp 302, 310; RCHM I, pp 286-288 (B6).
Included in a collection of sketches of Buckinghamshire churches by Charlotte Pigott in the early 1840s (B8).
Assessment of historical and landscape context included in management plan for Stoke Park (B9).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC20465 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 4). Volume 4. pp562-569.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p872.
  • <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp310-312.
  • <4>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp286-288.
  • <5>SBC10427 Map: OS 1961 SIX INCH MAP.
  • <6>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p186.
  • <7>SBC13170 Graphic material: RCHME 1912 PLAN OF CHURCH REPRINTED IN GUIDEBOOK IN BUCKS ARCH SOC COLLE-TION (BOX 5C/S) (COPY, FILE.
  • <8>SBC23373 Article in serial: Elliott Viney. 1991. Bucks Churches in the Eighteen-Forties. Plate 17a, p85.
  • <9>SBC22716 Unpublished document: Land Use Consultants & Rees Bolter Architects. 2005. Stoke Park Conservation Management Plan.
  • <10>SBC25576 Digital archive: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England: Listing Entry.

Location

Grid reference SU 97554 82728 (point)
Civil Parish STOKE POGES, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Nov 7 2024 11:30AM

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