Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a church located on Church Lane in Chapelthorpe, built around 1771. It was destroyed by fire in 1951 and then rebuilt in a facsimile style, reusing the original 18th-century walls and openings. The church is constructed of ashlar stone and features a stone slate roof in a classical style. It has a rectangular nave with a plinth, sill band, and impost band.

The gabled end is symmetrical and has three bays, featuring two original doorways with architraves, pulvinated friezes, consoles, and triangular pediments set within semicircular-arched recesses, with the voussoirs aligned to the courses. The central bay contains a three-light wooden framed window, with a similar design above it, and a quatrefoil set in the apex. The coped gable is topped by an open drum with an ogee cap supported by Tuscan columns.

The east end of the church has a large Venetian window, with the imposts supported by paired engaged Tuscan columns and an open pedimented gable. The left and right returns feature seven bays, with six bays containing semicircular-arched windows with architraves, and the seventh bay projecting forward with pedimented gables. There is also a doorway set in the side wall on the south side.

The interior dates from around 1951, and the east window features stained glass from that period.