Parish Church Of St James

HUSBORNE CRAWLEY SCHOOL LANE SP 9536 10/31 Parish Church of 23.1.61 St James GV II*

Parish Church. C13, C14 and C15, substantially reworked 1911 (Kelly's Directory (Beds), 1914, p114). Coursed rubble, a mixture of greensand and ironstone. Ashlar dressings. Clay tile roofs. Chancel N vestry and organ chamber, nave, N and S aisles, S porch, W tower. Chancel: C14 origins, rebuilt 1911. 3-light pointed-arched E window. 2 2-light pointed arched windows flanking small doorway to S elevation. N vestry and organ chamber: also 1911, have square-headed mullioned windows and pointed-arched N door. Nave: C13, reworked C15, roof rebuilt 1911. C13 3-bay S arcade, C15 3-bay N arcade, all with pointed arches, N ones taller. C15 pointed lower arch. Chancel arch is 1911. Blocked doorways of rood loft staircase to SE angle. N. aisle: C15, reworked 1911, 2 3-light N windows with segmental heads flank a pointed-arched doorway. S aisle: C13 and C14, reworked 1911. 2 3-light windows similar to N aisle, flanking C14 pointed-arched doorway. C14 holy water stoup to E of door on external wall. S porch: 1911, gabled with pointed archway and square-headed 2-light windows. Porch, chancel and nave have stone coping to gables. Aisles and vestry have plain parapets. W tower: C15. 3 stages, with diagonal buttresses to W, octagonal stair turret to SE, and embattled parapet. Pointed-arched door in square surround surmounted by 3-light pointed-arched window. Bell-stage has paired 2-light pointed-arched windows to all sides. Interior: all roofs 1911. Plain medieval cylindrical font to nave. S aisle E wall has C14 niche with foliate spandrels. N aisle has chest tomb to John Thompson d.1597 and wife Dorothea, of alabaster and marble. Pair of effigies under studded canopy supported by 5 columns, with carved cartouches to base and canopy crest. S aisle has polychrome marble wall monuments to Robert Slingsby d.1634, Edmund Williamson d.1737 and Talbot Williamson d.1765, latter with urn and obelisk.

Listing NGR: SP9556536227