Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a parish church built in 1862 by James Deason of London for the 4th Duke of Northumberland. It is constructed of snecked stone with tooled ashlar dressings and features a grey Lakeland slate roof. The church has a 4-bay unaisled nave with a south porch and a 2-bay chancel that includes a north vestry, designed in the Early English style. The building has a chamfered plinth, with the nave showcasing lancets in the side walls, a large stepped buttress at the south-east corner, and two taller lancets with hoodmoulds at the west end. A stepped western bellcote with a pointed arch and moulded finial is also present.

The gabled porch features a double-chamfered arch with a hoodmould on shafted jambs, and there is a square-headed loop on each return, along with a collared rafter roof that includes ashlar pieces. The south doorway has studded double doors with foliate hinges set in a similar arch. The chancel includes a studded priest's door on the south side with foliate hinges under a moulded arch on shafted jambs, and a window with two trefoil-headed lights to the right. The east end features a stepped triplet of lancets with hoodmoulds. The pent vestry has twin lancets to the east and a stepped stack with a round shaft on the chancel wall.

Inside, the church is plastered, with a tall double-chamfered chancel arch on shafted responds that has a hoodmould with foliage boss stops. An integral stone pulpit features a quatrefoil frieze and a foliate corbel bookrest. The nave roof is a collar-beam design with arch braces rising from moulded stone brackets, collared rafters, and ashlar pieces. The chancel roof is a collared common-rafter style with ashlar pieces. The panelled sanctuary and reredos date from 1885, and there is a moulded altar rail on wrought-iron standards. The nave contains simple choir stalls and bench pews, as well as an octagonal font adorned with dogtooth ornament and a cover featuring ornamental ironwork.