Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a mid-18th century church located on Woodhead Road in Tintwistle. It is constructed of coursed rubble gritstone with gritstone dressings and features a stone slate roof topped by a 20th-century wooden turret on the west gable. The church has a simple rectangular plan, with a south porch added in 1924 that matches the original style.

The south elevation includes a central porch flanked by round-arched windows, each featuring keystones and imposts, along with metal diamond-patterned glazing bars and margin lights filled with coloured glass. The east window is similar but has early 19th-century wooden Y tracery. In the late 18th century, the roof was raised, and three windows were added to the north wall. The north side features a central round-arched window with quoins and voussoirs, adorned with wooden 'Classical' tracery. To the left, there is a large rectangular window with diamond leaded light and margin lights filled with coloured glass, while to the right, a similar rectangular window has been partially blocked.

The south doorway is round-arched, with a keystone and an 18th-century studded plank door. Inside, there is an early 19th-century west gallery supported by wooden posts, with a panelled gallery front. The dado features raised and fielded panels on the north, south, and east walls. The church also contains simple openwork benches with trefoiled tops and bench fronts with flat balusters.