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
The Church of St James is a parish church built in 1862 by John B. Clacy and son, designed in the Early English style on an ancient site. The chancel and transepts were added in 1887. The church is constructed of flint with Bath stone dressings and features a tiled, coped, gabled roof. Its layout includes a chancel, north and south transepts, a north vestry, and a nave with a south tower. The tower is divided into three stages; the lower stage has set-back buttresses and functions as a porch, while the upper stage is made of wood and topped with a small octagonal shingled spire. The windows are pointed and trefoiled.
Inside, the nave consists of five bays supported by arch braced collar trusses adorned with nailhead ornament. There are several 18th-century memorial slabs set into the floor. The font is made of stone and dates from the late 18th century. In a recess on the east wall of the porch, there is a late 13th-century oak effigy of a lady dressed in a long loose gown and linen head-dress, although both hands are missing and the face is damaged.
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