Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a church built between 1860 and 1861 by W Scott of Liverpool. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features a plain-tiled roof, designed in the late 13th-century Gothic style. The church has a seven-bay nave with lean-to aisles and a lower chancel that includes side chapels, all with parallel ridges and end gables. The entrance is located at the northwest, accessed through the base of a detached three-stage tower, which has angle buttresses and a broach spire with lucarnes. The aisles are adorned with paired wide lancets that are articulated by shafts and heavy moulding, with the bays defined by buttresses. There is a deeply moulded doorway on the southwest side. The clerestory features triple lancets, also with deep moulding and shafts. The northern chancel chapel has a lancet window in its eastern wall, with a trefoil window above it, while the southern chapel has a two-light Decorated window above a quatrefoil. The chancel itself includes a five-light Decorated window. Inside, the church has a high nave with an arcade leading to the aisles and an arch-braced roof supported by iron ties and timber panelling.