Church Of St James

The Church of St James is a church dating from the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, which was restored in 1874 by E.F. Law. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone, with tile roofs to most areas, and a lead roof to the nave. The church comprises a chancel, vestry, nave, north and south aisles, a south-west porch, and a west tower.

The 2-bay chancel features a 3-light east window with intersecting tracery, including trefoils and a hood mould. A C19 vestry and an organ chamber are located to the north, along with a blocked priest's door. The chancel also has a 2-light straight-headed window to the south-west and a one-light window to the south-east, both with hood moulds. The nave has a clerestory with four small quatrefoil windows to both the north and south sides, and plain stone-coped parapets. The north aisle incorporates a 3-light arch mullion window with cut spandrels and a hood mould to the north-east, a similar 2-light window further west flanked by one-light windows, moulded stone eaves, and stone-coped gables. The south aisle is distinguished by diagonal offset buttresses, a 3-light straight-headed east window with reticulated tracery and a hood mould, a similar window in the middle of the south side with quatrefoils flanked by 2-light windows, moulded stone eaves, and stone-coped gables. The porch, to the west end of the south aisle, features a round-headed doorway with imposts and a hood mould, lined with timber, and contains a 6-panel double-leaf door. The 2-stage west tower has diagonal offset buttresses, a lancet window to the west with a hood mould, 2-light bell-openings with central colonnettes, a plain stone-coped parapet, and a recessed shingled spire.

The chancel interior contains a painted reredos from 1880 and a C19 painted king post roof. A double-chamfered chancel arch has an innermost hollow-chamfered section supported on polygonal corbels. The nave features 4-bay arcades with octagonal piers, capitals, double-chamfered arches, and polygonal responds. Further internal features include a triple-chamfered tower arch with moulded corbels, a C19 Perpendicular style nave roof, and C19 lean-to aisle roofs. Notable fixtures include a Norman tub font with rope moulding, originally from Turweston church in Buckinghamshire, traces of wall painting in the aisles, and several wall monuments. One monument is made of alabaster and commemorates Francis Sanders and Peter Andrewe, who died in 1612. Another commemorates the five sons of Robert Style, erected in 1718. A painted charity board is located in the tower.