Church Of St James The Great is a Grade II listed building in the Dudley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1996. Church.
Church Of St James The Great
- WRENN ID
- brooding-mortar-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dudley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1996
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 99 SW DUDLEY CHURCH STREET (west side), Lower Gornal 5/10017 Church of St James the Great
GV II
Anglican church. 1815-17 by Thomas Lee; enlarged 1837; refitted 1849 and restored 1899. Dressed stone. Slate and tile roofs. PLAN: The 1815-17 chapel-of-ease comprised a broad nave without aisles, but with a gallery at the west end and a west tower. North and south porches added circa 1837. Refitted and chancel added in 1849. Chancel rebuilt in 1899 and top stage of tower rebuilt in 1930. Gothic style. EXTERIOR: The broad nave has tall lancets with buttresses between. 3-stage west tower with angle buttresses; top stage with 2-light bell-openings and battlements, rebuilt in 1930. Polygonal chancel with angle buttresses, partly rendered. INTERIOR: Plastered walls. Open timber queen-post roof. West gallery on thin posts. Large moulded chancel arch and arch-braced chancel roof. Stone circular pulpit and polygonal font. Organ installed 1899. North window of apse 1902 by Ninian Comper. SOURCE: Ironbridge Institute, A Survey of Surviving Buildings and Remains from the Industrial Period in Gornal, 1991.
Listing NGR: SO9164691286
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