Church Of St James

SYRESHAM CHURCH END SP6281 (North side) 15/80 Church of St. James 04/02/69

GV II*

Church. C13, C14, C15, restored by E.F. Law 1874. Coursed squared limestone, tile roofs, except for nave roof of lead. Chancel, vestry, nave, north and south aisles, south-west porch, west tower. 2-bay chancel has 3-light east window with intersecting tracery with trefoils, pointed trefoil lights and hood mould. C19 vestry and organ chamber to north, a blocked priest's door, hollow and ogee chamfered, with hood mould, a 2-light straight-headed window to south-west with hood mould, a one-light window with straight head and hood mould to south-east. Nave has clerestory with 4 small quatrefoil windows north and south and plain stone-coped parapets. North aisle has 3-light arch mullion window to north-east with cut spandrels and hood mould, a similar 2-light window further west, flanked by similar one-light windows, moulded stone eaves and stone-coped gables. South aisle has diagonal offset buttresses, a 3-light straight-headed east window with reticulated tracery and hood mould, a similar window to middle of south side with quatrefoils flanked by similar 2-light windows, moulded stone eaves and stone coped gables. Porch to west end of south aisle has round-headed doorway with imposts and hood mould and is lined with timber; 6-panel double-leaf west door within. 2-stage west tower has diagonal offset buttresses, a lancet window to west with hood mould and 2-light bell-openings with central colonnettes, plain stone-coped parapet and recessed shingled spire. Interior: chancel has painted reredos of 1880 and C19 painted king post roof. Double-chamfered chancel arch, innermost hollow-chamfered on polygonal corbels. Nave has 4-bay arcades with octagonal piers, capitals, double-chamfered arches and polygonal responds. Triple-chamfered tower arch, the inner arch on moulded corbels. C19 Perpendicular style nave roof and C19 lean-to aisle roofs. Norman tub font with rope moulding to rim; from Turweston church, Buckinghamshire. Some traces of wall painting in aisles. Wall monument in chancel of alabaster set up by Francis Sanders to Peter Andrewe d.1612 and his wife Jane. The inscription flanked by pilasters supporting frieze with arms above flanked by obelisks; an alabaster wall monument with arms of Sanders; and alabaster wall monument with inscription to 5 sons of Robert Style, set up in 1718. Painted charity board in tower. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.422; Kelly's Directory for Northamptonshire, 1928; Parish records deposited in Northamptonshire Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP6309041964