Church Of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. A C13-C15 Church.
Church Of St James
- WRENN ID
- keen-panel-wagtail
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. James is a parish church that dates from the 13th to the 15th century, with some restoration work carried out in the 19th century. It features a west tower, a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a south vestry. The building is constructed from ragstone, chalk, and flint, with some repairs done in sandstone, and has plain tiled roofs. The west tower includes diagonal buttresses and likely has a reset west window featuring cusped intersecting tracery. The nave windows are from the early 14th century and have cemented tracery, while the chancel window tracery is from the 15th century.
Inside, the chancel has six bays and six blank arches on marble shafts that spring from marble benches. These arches lead to a triple sedilia and a double piscina, both adorned with shafts and trefoils. The south vestry has walls decorated with cockle-shells. Notable fittings include a 13th-century font with a square bowl supported by five squat piers, each with trefoiled arches on its sides, an 18th-century pulpit, and six oak benches featuring poppy-heads. The church is currently cared for by the Redundant Churches Fund.
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