Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- former-wattle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 76 NE 9/38
BARKHAM CHURCH LANE (east side) Church of St. James
26.1.67
GV II
Parish church. 1862 by John B. Clacy and son, in the Early English style, on an old site; chancel and transepts 1887. Flint with Bath stone dressings, tiled, coped, gabled roof. Chancel, north and south transepts, north vestry, and nave with a south tower. The tower is in three stages; the lower stage has set-back buttresses and serves as a porch. The top stage is of wood and has a small octagonal shingled spire. The windows are pointed and trefoiled.
Interior: the nave has five bays of arch braced collar trusses with nailhead ornament, and several C18 memorial slabs in the floor. The font is stone and late C18. In a recess on the east wall of the porch is a late C13 oak effigy of a lady in a long loose dress and linen head-dress. Both the hands are missing and the face is damaged.
Listing NGR: SU7840566430
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