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St Giles Masonic Centre

Sun 14 Sep 25
Sun 14 Sep:Tour at 1100; Sun 21 Sep:Tours at 1100 & 1230; Free Entry. St John's Green, Colchester CO2 7EZ Heritage Open Day: Originally a Norman church, St Giles has had many later additions including a wooden tower built in 1819. It was converted to its present use as a masonic centre in 1972-76. St Giles was built sometime between 1133 and 1171 in the monastic cemetery of St John's Abbey, whose gatehouse survives nearby. It was extended in the late medieval period with the addition of a north aisle (14th century) and a north chapel (c. 1500) which was used as the burial place of the Lucas family who lived at St John's Abbey after it was dissolved in 1539. Amongst the graves are those of the Royalist commanders during the Siege of Colchester in 1648, Sir George Lucas and Sir Charles Lisle, who were executed at the end of the siege... READ MORE>

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