United Reformed Church Of St James At Bowes

The United Reformed Church of St James at Bowes is a church dating from 1901 to 1909, built in a restrained Art Nouveau style. It is constructed of red brick with pale terracotta dressings and slated roofs. The building comprises a nave, aisles, a west porch, and a vestry, all adjoining a hall building to the east. Flat buttresses divide the walls, supporting a brick cornice with dentils. The brickwork is banded in the gable end, and the porch features brick quoins. There are three-light windows with Tudor heads, with the main north window displaying Perpendicular-type tracery. Set-back entrances are sheltered under hollow-chamfered Tudor arches. A projecting oriel window is located on the first floor of the hall section.

Inside the church, the nave has four-bar sash windows. The chancel is wide and features choir stalls and a communion table. The interior includes square piers constructed from terracotta tiles, and a gallery at the west end supported by similar piers. The roof is arch-braced with a queen-post construction, with braces supported by ceramic corbels. Original seating and woodwork are present. The church boasts a splendid hexagonal pulpit with panels bearing strong carvings of the symbols of the Evangelists.