Church Of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. Church.
Church Of St James
- WRENN ID
- lone-lintel-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 0835 SILSOE HIGH STREET 13/135 (East Side) 23.1.61 Church of St James
GV II
Parish church. Erected 1829-31 on site of medieval chapel of ease belonging to Flitton parish. Architect Thomas Smith of Hertford (later County Surveyor of Bedfordshire). Largely financed by Lord de Grey of Wrest Park. Coursed ironstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs. C15 style. Chancel, S vestry, nave with clerestory, N and S aisles, W tower. Chancel has 3-light 4-centred arched E window. W tower has 3-light point-arched W window to lower stage. Elsewhere uniform fenestration of 2-light windows under flat heads. All windows cusped, with moulded dripstones. Embattled parapets throughout. 3- stage tower has octagonal stair-turret to SE angle. Interior: rather plain. 3-bay pointed-arched arcades to nave. Simple timber roofs, that to chancel with 4 carved angels.
Listing NGR: TL0825335591
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