Church Of St James

ST 79 SW CHARFIELD CHURCHEND LANE, (east side)

2/2 CHURCH OF ST JAMES 30.3.60 G.V. I

Church, now redundant. C13; remodelled C15 and repaired l970's. West tower; nave; south aisle; north porch; chancel. Coursed, squared rubble; Cotswold stone slate roofs. West tower: 4 stages with a pitched roof; diagonal buttresses with off-sets; 2-light opening with trefoil head to the bell chamber; embattled parapet. Nave: two 3-light windows, cusped heads to tracery, under hood mould. North porch: pierced parapet with cusped quatrefoils; central image niche supported on angels; C17 studded plank door with fleur-de-lys ends, moulded doorcase. Chancel: two 3-light windows, cusped heads under square hood moulds; 3-light east window with 4-centred head; blocked priest's door. South aisle: three 3-light windows with cusped heads and under hood moulds; panelled south door. Interior. C15 north door of 4 panels with reticulated tracery and fleurons. 3 bay arcade of octagonal piers and capitals. Arch-braced roofs to nave and aisle; embattled wall plate; cusped arch-braces to five principal trusses which rest on corbels. Squint with rood stairs built over. Chancel: much restored; panelled soffit to chancel arch; restored trefoil headed piscina and remains of decorative heads to image niches on east wall. Monuments: C17, Renaissance, columns, entablature and heavily moulded cornice; Daniels, died 1717, baroque, oval tablet between drapery, cornice and heraldry above; south aisle, Bennet died 1756, panel in aedicule, pediment and heraldry. Vested in the Redundant Churches Fund.

Listing NGR: ST7190091098