St James Hospital Chapel

St James Hospital Chapel is a hospital chapel built in 1879 by George Rake. It is constructed from knapped flint with stone dressings and features Welsh slated roofs. The chapel has a plan that includes a 5-bay nave, a 1-bay apsidal chancel, a south-west porch, a west bellcote, and a north vestry.

On the north face, there are five stone 2-light Y tracery windows with leaded lights, flanked by offset buttresses. To the east, there is a vestry that projects from the chancel and has a lean-to roof. The center of the north face features a recessed 4-panelled diamond boarded door with an overlight, set under a flat stone shouldered arch, with a stone sill and rusticated jambs. To the left of the vestry, there is a 2-light window with leaded lights under a flat stone arch with rusticated jambs. The east face of the chancel has a lower roof and contains three narrow lancet windows within the apse, each set under a stone pointed arch with rusticated jambs. The east-facing gable of the nave has stone eaves, kneelers, and an offset diagonal buttress at the south corners. To the right of the nave is an octagonal stack.

The south face features four 2-light windows with flanking offset buttresses, similar to the north face. To the left, there is a projecting porch that is recessed and boarded, with ornamental iron strap hinges. This porch is set under a recessed stone pointed arch, flanked by engaged Corinthian columns. The outer arch is stone pointed with a hoodmould and stone roll moulded jambs, and it has flanking offset buttresses, leading to a stone coped gable with kneelers.

On the west face, the nave has a slightly projecting and stepped center bay, with lancet-headed windows on either side. At the center, over the projecting bay, there is a stone base with paired engaged stone columns on each side, pointed blinded arches with hoodmoulds, and a stone bellcote featuring a pointed arched opening, hoodmould, and a steep pitched facing gable.

Inside, the nave has a 5-bay hammer beam roof with a boarded ceiling, while the chancel has a curved boarded ceiling. Both the nave and chancel contain stained glass windows.