Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a small church that dates largely from the late 13th century, with some Perpendicular work and Victorian restoration. It is constructed of limestone, which is coursed and squared, with some ashlar, but the south wall is rendered. The church features a plain tiled roof and consists of a single cell with a western bellcote and a separate south chapel. The bellcote is Victorian, tile-hung, with a conical roof and wooden louvres for the lights. There is a half-timbered open work gabled porch on stone footing walls, and angle buttresses support both the nave and the side chapel.

The south windows of the chapel are in the Perpendicular style, featuring stilted hood moulds, with one window adorned with corbel figure heads. The east and west windows are Decorated, including a three-light east window in the chancel that has been partly recut and features a resited fragment of carved stonework above it. The north chancel windows are also Perpendicular, while the north nave windows are made of wood and may be 18th or early 19th century replacements. It is possible that the rendered north and south walls of the nave have been extensively repaired or rebuilt in brick.

Inside, the nave and chancel are combined, with an arcade leading to the south chapel that consists of two bays, featuring wide double chamfered arches and low shafts. The responds are keeled, and the central shaft is octagonal with one chamfer and a carved head. The roof trusses are partly ceiled over, supported by curved braces, and there are raking braces to a collar. The chancel contains a double sedilia and piscina, with simple chamfered arches and hood moulds. The east window of the chapel features stained glass depicting the Good Shepherd and Samaritan, and there is a small piscina niche in the south wall of the chapel.