Church Of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church Of St James
- WRENN ID
- pale-pier-claret
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHURCH ST. JAMES' ROAD SD 72 NW 4/51 Church of St. James
- II*
Church; late medieval tower, nave 1804-5, chancel 1895-6. (Tower under repair following fire, 1983). Mostly coursed sandstone, with slate roof. Embattled west tower of uncoursed roughly-hewn blocks has diagonal (west) and angle (east) buttresses, dripcourses above and below the belfry, low rectangular west door with moulded jambs and lintel, and a hoodmould, a 3-light Perpendicular window with a gabled hoodmoulds, similar but smaller openings to 3 sides of belfry (clock on 4th side), and various small single-light openings. Nave of 5 bays, 2 storeys, all windows round-headed with imposts and keystones, containing later ogival-headed wooden tracery; chancel is rock-faced, buttressed, 3 bays, with arched and traceried windows. Interior: 3- sided gallery with traceried panels, carried on octagonal iron columns with panelled faces and decorated capitals; at west end a reflected pair of staircases to gallery; flat ceiling; 2 Morris windows (4 Evangelists) on south side; late-medieval octagonal font with blank shields in faces; panelled benches with varied carved tracery on the ends.
Listing NGR: SD7412329097
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