Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a parish church that features a 13th-century nave arcade but is primarily from the 14th century, with alterations made in the 15th and 19th centuries. The structure is built of rubblestone with brick repairs and is plaster rendered. The 14th-century west tower is embattled and consists of three stages on a splayed plinth. It has four-stage angle buttressing and a newel staircase located in the southwest corner. The main cornice is moulded and is flanked by two beast gargoyles on each side. The west doorway is a two-centred arch that is hollow and roll moulded, complete with a moulded label and mask stops. The restored west window features three cinquefoil lights with decorated tracery in a two-centred arch. Each side of the bell-stage has two cinquefoil openings topped with a quatrefoil in a two-centred arch. The gable end of the 14th-century roof can be seen in the east wall of the tower.

The nave has a low-pitched leaded roof and a clerestorey with five windows, each containing two cinquefoil lights in square heads, complete with labels and return stops. The south aisle has three windows, each with two cinquefoil lights and foiled heads set in four-centred arches. The south porch features an outer archway with two hollow and roll moulded orders, supported by attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The chancel, dating from the 15th century, has north and south walls with two windows each, featuring three cinquefoil lights with vertical tracery in four-centred heads. The east window, also from the 15th century, has four cinquefoil lights with vertical tracery in a four-centred head.

Inside, the north and south arcades are from the 13th century and consist of five bays, with two-centred arches formed of two chamfered orders on round columns that have moulded octagonal capitals and bases. The chancel arch, dating from the 14th century, has two chamfered orders, with the inner order resting on attached shafts that form responds. To the north of the chancel arch is a 15th-century doorway leading to a 19th-century rood loft above the screen. The roof was boarded and painted in the 19th century, and the floor is laid with Minton tiles, while the windows contain stained glass.