Church Of St James The Great

TL 2454 WARESLEY GAMLINGAY ROAD (West Sise) 17/109 (20/2) Church of 14.5.59 St. James the Great

GV II*

Parish church of 1855-57 by William Butterfield (1814-1900) for Charles Duncombe. Of coursed limestone ashlar with steeply pitched tiled roofs. Slender north west porch tower and broach spire, roofed with oak shingles. Nave aisled on north side with Duncombe mausoleum on south. Vestry and organ chamber to north of chancel. Fenestration and doorways in late C13 style. Interior. North arcade of three bays with narrower bay to west. Single chamfered two-centred arches with labels and mask stops, on round columns with moulded capitals and bases. Similar chancel arch of two chamfered orders with the inner carried on corbels carved with angels. The wall between the mausoleum and the nave is pierced by three lancet windows with foiled heads. The chancel is decorated with polychrome tiles in geometrical pattern. The stained glass is contemporary with the Church. The east and south windows in the chancel are attri- buted to Gibbs and that in the north window to Burne-Jones. The pews, communion rail, font, and tiled floor are also by Butterfield. Pevsner: Buildings of England (Hunts), p363. Thompson, P: William Butterfield, Victorian Architect (Cambridge, Mass, 1971).

Listing NGR: TL2495954548