Church Of St James

The Church of St James is an Anglican church located in East Lambrook, with origins dating back to the 12th, 13th, 15th, and 18th centuries, and underwent restoration in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble, featuring slate roofs, stone tiles at the eaves, coped verges, finials, and a 19th-century double-gabled bell-turret. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and a small west porch, showcasing Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular architectural styles.

The nave has three bays, with a cusped 2-light square-headed window and a hollow-moulded mullioned and transomed window on the south side, along with a small square-headed opening beneath the eaves. There is evidence of a blocked former south doorway. On the north side, a chamfered 3-light mullioned window is present, and a doorway to a west gallery is situated high up, accessed by 11 external stone steps with a simple wrought-iron handrail. The west end features a single window and a 2-light window in a simple style.

The small, low chancel has a single bay and 2-light square-headed windows on the north and south sides, both with cusping. The east window, dating from around 1300, has cusping and intersecting tracery. The interior is simply styled, with plastered walls and flagstone floors. The chancel arch, dating to around 1190, rests on scallop corbels. A piscina with an ogee head, likely from the 14th century, is also present, along with an east window that has a rere-arch.

Notable interior features include two unusual wooden corbels carved as grotesque heads, an octagonal Perpendicular-type font that has likely been recut, and a pulpit made from reused Jacobean panels. The west gallery, dating from the 18th century, is particularly fine, supported by cast-iron columns and featuring a moulded cornice and central baluster panel. The church also contains late 18th to early 19th-century box pews, a large 18th-century painting of the Royal Arms, and an 18th-century charity plaque in the chancel.