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Parish Church of St Giles

A Grade II* Listed Building in Holme, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.4767 / 52°28'36"N

Longitude: -0.2503 / 0°15'1"W

OS Eastings: 518932

OS Northings: 287968

OS Grid: TL189879

Mapcode National: GBR J0V.PK5

Mapcode Global: VHGL8.M01P

Plus Code: 9C4XFPGX+MV

Entry Name: Parish Church of St Giles

Listing Date: 13 December 1957

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1215533

English Heritage Legacy ID: 400787

ID on this website: 101215533

Location: St Giles's Church, Holme, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE7

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Holme

Built-Up Area: Holme

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Holme St Giles

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


HOLME CHURCH STREET
TL 1887
(North Side)
12/34 Parish church of St
Giles
13.12.57

GV II*

Parish Church. Reused C12 and C13 material from original parish church
demolished and rebuilt in 1862 by Edward Browning. Hammer dressed limestone
walls; plain tiled roofs with parapet gables. South elevation: bellcote to
west end with double linked gables with two bells. Four clerestory windows
with tracery and south aisle windows with square-headed arches and tracery in
Decorated style. South porch and doorway incorporating early material in
jambs of two-centred arches. Two chancel windows of two lancet-lights with
stopped labels. Interior: nave arcades of three bays extended by one bay to
west incorporating the original two-centred arches supported on octagonal and
circular columns with moulded and cushion capitals and moulded bases.
Two-centred chancel arch of two chamfered orders springing from moulded
corbels; organ chamber with two-centred archway on north side of chancel.
Font, plain octagonal bowl recorded in 1851 (VCH). For monuments and wall
plaques see (VCH).

V C H Huntingdonshire, p187
R C H M Huntingdonshire, p140
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p266
Glatton, Holme and Denton, estate map for Wm Wells 1770 H.R.O.


Listing NGR: TL1893287968

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