Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a church built in 1844 by Robert Barker, with the chancel added between 1888 and 1890 by J Holden, along with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs adorned with crested ridge tiles, stone-coped gables, and eastern ridge crosses. The church has a western tower, a five-bay nave, and a two-bay chancel that includes a north vestry and a parish room.

The tower is three stages high and has stepped angle buttresses that rise above the parapets, topped with pinnacles. There is a pointed chamfered doorcase with double doors on the south side, a large chamfered western lancet, and a 20th-century boiler house attached to the north, which is of no special interest. The second stage of the tower features a small lancet above the door, while the bell stage has a corbel table at the base and paired chamfered lancets on each side. The eaves have a stringcourse, and the parapets are embattled.

The nave has stepped buttresses at the angles and between the bays. The chancel has a deep plinth and buttresses between the bays and at the angles, with a single lancet window on the south side. The east side features three blind flat-headed openings set into the plinth, with a stepped triple lancet window above that has a moulded sill band and a continuous hoodmould, as well as a trefoil-shaped window in the gable. The north vestry includes a large flat-headed three-light mullion window on the north wall with a trefoil-shaped window above, and an angled wall to the west with a pointed doorcase that has a hoodmould with foliage stops and a plate tracery tympanum. The 20th-century parish room added to the north is of no special interest.

Inside, there is a western gallery with a blind arcaded gallery supported by iron columns, and a moulded chancel arch with a soffit on foliage corbels below an inscribed hoodmould with foliage stops. The doorcase leading into the north vestry has a Caernavon arch, with a pointed plasterwork panel above it. There is a four-centred door into the tower, similar to the staircase leading to the gallery. The chancel features scissor truss roofs, while the nave has arched braced trusses. The fittings are all from the late 19th or 20th centuries, including three late 19th-century marble wall memorials.