Church Of St James The Great

The Church of St James the Great is a church built around 1816, with its tower raised in 1896 by George Jacques. It features hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, a Welsh slate roof, a tile ridge, and a lead spire. The church has a nave, a south porch, a shallow chancel, and a slender west tower, all designed in a simple Gothic Revival style.

The three-stage tower has a doorway at the first stage with monolithic jambs, accessed by a flight of stone steps, and a single chamfered light above it with a hood mould. The west face includes a two-light cusped window. The second stage features a similar two-light belfry with an iron grille, while the third stage has a clock on each face and a shaped parapet topped with a needle spirelet and weather-vane. The nave boasts three bays of two-light arched windows and coped gables with kneelers. To the left, the gabled porch has a two-centred arched doorway with colonnettes and a hood mould. The chancel, which has a lower roof-line and is set back, features a chamfered plinth and an east window with four lights and quatrefoils.

Inside, the church has a single vessel with a west organ gallery supported by Doric columns. The nave has eight bays with an arch-braced king-post roof featuring turned king posts. There are stained glass windows and pine pews. Although the church was originally built in 1712, it was significantly altered in 1816.