St Giles' Church, Blaston

Church in Blaston, Leicestershire

Church

St Giles' Church, Blaston


Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Giles
Administration
Diocese	Leicester
Archdeaconry	Leicester^[1]
Parish	Blaston, Leicestershire
Clergy
Rector	Stephen Bishop^[2]

St Giles' Church is a church in Blaston, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.^[3]

The current church was built in 1878,^[4]^[5] to the design of George Edmund Street,^[3] replacing an earlier church. It consists of a nave, chancel, bell-cote containing 1 bell^[4] and a south porch.^[3] There are 2 fonts, one of them dates to the time of the building of the church and the other one is earlier.^[6]

The nave has a painting of St Jerome on the north wall. It was painted by Decio Vilares in 1877.^[4] The Brazilian flag was also designed by a Décio Villares but, despite different spellings, it is unknown whether this is the same person. The nave's screens have 2 segments of stained glass.^[6]

References

↑ "Diocese of Leicester | Find a Church". leicester.anglican.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
↑ "Blaston: St Giles". www.achurchnearyou.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
1 2 3 "Church of St Giles, Blaston - 1061663 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
1 2 3 "Blaston Church - History". www.sixsaintscircaholt.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
↑ "Genuki: Blaston, Leicestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
1 2 "Blaston Church | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal". www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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