Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a parish church located on Main Street in Newbold Verdon. It has origins dating back to the 12th century, with additions and alterations from the 13th and 15th centuries, and a significant rebuilding in 1899 by H.C. Goddard of Leicester in a Gothic style. The tower was heightened and a spire added in 1960 by L.G.D. Ogden. The church is constructed from randomly coursed Mount Sorrel granite with sandstone ashlar dressings, featuring a shingled spire and plain tiled roofs.

The structure includes a western tower, nave, north aisle and chapel, chancel, south porch, and vestry. The tower, which has a broach spire, features chamfered offsets leading to the upper stage, which may date back to the 12th century. The upper stage has plain three-light openings on three sides, and the spire includes raking two-light dormer windows facing each main direction. In the north aisle, there is a reused three-light stepped 13th-century lancet set within a round arch on the exterior. The east wall of the north chapel contains a reused 15th-century three-light traceried window, believed to be the former east window of the medieval church. The remaining windows, dating from the 1899 rebuilding, consist of two-light windows with ogee heads and flat-headed stone surrounds for the aisle, while the nave features pointed stone surrounds. The chancel's east window is a five-light window in the Perpendicular style. The south vestry and south porch both have separate gables and pointed 19th-century doorways.

Inside, the nave has a north arcade with five bays supported by octagonal piers and arches that feature wave mouldings decorated with fleurons. The chancel arch is pointed and moulded, dating from the 19th century. The font has a plain octagonal bowl, possibly from the 13th century, while all other fittings are from the 19th century or later.