Church Of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1966. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St James
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-copper-primrose
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1966
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP 82 SW ASTON ABBOTTS CUBLINGTON ROAD Church of St. James 5/1
18.10.66
GV II*
Parish church. W. tower is late C15 - early C16, remainder rebuilt 1865-6 by G.E. Street. Rubble stone, the tower with roughly dressed blocks. Tiled roofs with decorative ridges and stone coped gables. Tower, nave, S. porch, chancel, vestry. Tower has square stair turret at S.E. corner, diagonal buttresses, restored battlemented parapet and worn plinth. Bell chamber has paired openings to W. and E., and single lights to N., and S. W. side has door and 3-light traceried window. All tower openings have 4-centred heads. Remainder is in Decorated style with traceried windows. Nave has 2 3-light windows to N. and 3 2-light windows to S. S. porch is steeply gabled with 2-centred arch. Chancel has one bay of 2-light windows and 3-light window to E., all with some re-set old masonry. Lowside window to S. has pair of cusped lancets. Interior: triple chamfered tower arch, simple chamfered chancel arch. Nave has C19 arch-braced collar and king-post roof. Restored C15 piscina and octagonal font. Chest dated 1695. Other fittings C19.
RCHM II p.56.
Listing NGR: SP8473920239
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