Church Of Saint James The Great

FULBROOK CHURCH LANE SP2513 (East side) 11/42 Church of Saint James the 12/09/55 Great (Formerly listed as Church of Saint James) GV II*

Church. C12; north aisle c.1200; C13 chancel remodelled, north transept and south porch; restored 1892 when the nave probably re-roofed. Uncoursed stone rubble; stone slate roof to chancel and to north aisle; roofs of nave and tower not visible. 3-bay chancel, 4-bay nave and north aisle, 2-bay north transept and west tower. South side: C19 plank double door to Romanesque round-arched doorway with roll-moulding and billet hood. C13 stone open porch of 3 hallow-chamfered orders on jamb shafts with bell capitals, the outer arch has quatrefoil-section responds, bell capitals and a hollow-chamfered arch. Nave has irregular fenestration of 2-light stone mullion windows with hood moulds, except for 2-light Plate-tracery window to right. 2-light stone mullion windows to left and right of chancel. East end: triple lancet with hood mould. North side: lancet to right of chancel. 3-light stone mullion window to left return of north transept. 2-light Reticulated-tracery window to north end of transept. 2-light Reticulated-tracery window to north end of transept. 2-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular lights to left of north aisle. Blocked round-arched doorway to centre. 2-light Rectilinear-tracery windows to right and to right of centre. Single lancet to west end of aisle, and to base of tower. 2-light Reticulated-tracery louvred opening to each side of bell chamber of tower. Interior: 3-bay arch-braced collar truss roof to chancel with moulded mid-purlin and principal braces. C17 and C18 memorials to left of chancel. C17 wood altar rail of baluster balustrade. Romanesque round chancel arch with roll-mouldings and shafts with bell capitals. 7-bay Perpendicular-style roof to nave with carved bosses. C18 hexagonal wood pulpit on stone base. Arcade to north aisle and transept of 4 two-centred arches on round piers with trumpet-scalloped capitals. 2-bay Perpendicular-style roof to north transpet. Probably C14 lean-to roof to north aisle, having moulded principal rafters. Romanesque round stone font on spreading base to north aisle. 4-centre arch from nave to tower. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1979, p609-610)

Listing NGR: SP2583713034