Church Of James

SPO5SE WEETHLEY

5/123 Church of St . James

• II

Church. 1857-58 by Edward Haycock. Lias ashlar with limestone dressings, and tile roof. 3 bay nave, apsidal chancel, west bellcote, and vestry. Late C13 style; Geometrical tracery with hood moulds. Nave north side; double leaf folding door with keeled roll moulding, in open timber porch. 2-light eastern window, and single lancets flanking door. West front has diagonal and central buttresses and 2 cusped lancets. South side has no windows; vestry with catslide roof. Chancel: 3-sided apse has single lancets with trefoiled circles and 2-light north window. Massive clasping buttresses to angles. Interior: chancel has an aumbry to north, single sedilia to south. Simple chancel arch with hood mould on brackets carved with naturalistic lilies and grapes, painted. Plastered walls throughout, and simple arch-braced roofs. Fittings: big octagonal font on 4 half-hipped gablets; fine High Victorian wood lectern; contemporary stained glass in apse. An inexpensive small church, but a well considered design with high- quality detailing. The church occupies a prominent position overlooking the Cotswolds. (V.C.H. Warwickshire, Vol. III p.188; Buildings of England : Warwickshire, p.466).

Listing NGR: SP0551555319