Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a small 18th-century brick church featuring a 12th-century stone chancel. The chancel includes small round-headed lancet windows on the north side and a south window with Y-tracery. The Georgian nave and west tower are constructed of red brick with stone dressings and may cover earlier masonry. The building has stone quoins and two round-headed windows on the south side. The west tower features a round-headed doorway on the west side, a window above it, and small round-headed bell openings in the later bell stage, topped with a pyramidal roof that has a finial and weathervane. There is a north aisle, built around the early 19th century, made of brick with round-headed windows. Inside, the church boasts a fine Norman chancel arch with two orders of shafts that have scalloped and foliage capitals, along with three orders of arches decorated with chain-links and zigzags. The interior also includes 18th-century high box-pews, a reader's desk, and a pulpit, as well as a gallery in the north aisle that dates from 1838.