The Hunters, Exhall
One of Harry Harvey's 1977 west windows at Exhall.
Exhall is something of an oddity, since not only are there two villages called Exhall in Warwickshire both have medieval churches dedicated to St Giles (the other is just north of Coventry).
The church itself is very much a churchcrawler's 'quickie' as there's not much to it, a simple chancel & nave with bellcote. There's a blocked and very plain Norman north door and an unusual display of ballflower above a south nave window but not much else. It is regardless kept open and welcoming and worth a quick look for the attractive glass, a pretty 1890s Annunciation in the east window and two contemporary lights from 1977 by the late Harry Harvey of York at the west end, recounting the legend of St Giles rescuing his emblematic deer from hunters.
The Hunters, Exhall
One of Harry Harvey's 1977 west windows at Exhall.
Exhall is something of an oddity, since not only are there two villages called Exhall in Warwickshire both have medieval churches dedicated to St Giles (the other is just north of Coventry).
The church itself is very much a churchcrawler's 'quickie' as there's not much to it, a simple chancel & nave with bellcote. There's a blocked and very plain Norman north door and an unusual display of ballflower above a south nave window but not much else. It is regardless kept open and welcoming and worth a quick look for the attractive glass, a pretty 1890s Annunciation in the east window and two contemporary lights from 1977 by the late Harry Harvey of York at the west end, recounting the legend of St Giles rescuing his emblematic deer from hunters.