Church Of St James

TF 60 NW RUNCTON HOLME CHURCH LANE

8/6 Church of St. James 8.7.59

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Parish church. Rubblestone and ashlar west tower mid C12, church originally early C12 but rebuilt C15 : nave of carstone, ashlar dressings and brick repair, chancel of brick. Restored 1842. Slate roofs. 3 stage tower with set-off strings at each storey. Lancets to first stage, 2-light ringing chamber windows under semi-circular super arch on annulated shafts. Third stage of brick, rebuilt C15 with 2-light Y belfry windows. Plain parapet. South porch of brick with 4-centred doubled chamfered arch and hood. Low diagonal buttresses below gable on kneelers in which is set lancet statuary niche. 2-light square-headed side windows, renewed. Interior pointed tunnel vault with transverse arches. South door early C12 : One order double annulated shafts with scrolled waterleaf capitals below chevron imposts supporting dog-tooth arch. Nave with 2 flat buttresses north and south and 2 square headed 2-light windows, on the south ogeed, on the north round- arched. Upper nave walls rebuilt in brick 1842. Diagonal buttresses to chancel with 2 2-light south windows and 3-light east window all 1842 in Decorated style. Vestry added to north chancel 1856. Interior. Flat semi- circular tower arch on square responds and imposts mid C12 below early C12 splayed west window of original church. To east the window deeply roll moulded, to west shafted with capitals decorated with dog-tooth. South door has sconscion arch. South nave with one blocked splayed lancet and splayed trefoil lancet to east. Stilted chancel arch on flat scalloped capitals (to south only). Nave and chancel roofs C19, the latter a false hammerbeam. Fine mid C17 hexagonal pulpit and tester. Arcaded panels with floral spandrels below interlace frieze and moulded top rail. Reading desk supported on floral scrolled brackets. Tester has interlace panels on frieze, paired modillions at corners and ball pendants. Early C15 chancel screen of 2 bays each side of central arched opening. Side bays with depressed arches on hollow and wave moulded muntins. Cusped dado panels and frieze of mouchette wheels above main arches. Diamond top rail.

Listing NGR: TF6172709488