Church Of St James

The Church of St James is an Anglican parish church. Parts of the building were rebuilt in 1790 and extensively restored in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble and ashlar, with freestone dressings and tile roofs with coped verges and finials. The church is a combination of Gothic revival and neo-Perpendicular styles.

The three-stage west tower has diagonal buttresses, pierced parapets, and pinnacles. It features 2-light bell-chamber windows with Y-tracery and stone grilles, a 2-light window to the west with a datestone of 1790, an inscription plaque, and a west doorway altered in the mid-19th century. An early/mid-19th century memorial plaque is also present. The nave has a single bay and 3-light traceried pointed-arch windows. The north and south doorways to the nave are present; the north doorway is blocked, and the south doorway is set over figures.

The transepts have traceried 2 and 3-light pointed-arch windows and parapets. They contain a 17th and two 18th century external monuments. The single bay chancel features 2 and 3-light traceried pointed-arch windows, with plaster on tile and encaustic and flagstone floors. Elaborate 19th-century roofs sit on 19th-century carved corbels.

The interior features predominantly restoration-period fittings, including an elaborate font with a cover, pews, choir stalls, altar rails, a reredos with painted decalogue panels, a lectern, an oil lamp, and a small organ. High-quality stained glass is also present. A recumbent stone full-sized effigy of a priest is on the north side. A small amount of medieval stained glass is found in the top lights of the north transept window. A pedestal in the south transept contains an inscription in a Norman style, but likely dates from the 18th century. A Jacobean cupboard, believed to be from a small altar table, is also present, as is a Jacobean chest and a restored 17th-century chair.

A good early 18th-century wall monument to Susan is present, featuring a marble urn under a canopy of curtains and an open segmental pediment on fluted pilasters, with lettering in high quality. Three 19th-century wall monuments are also visible. The church contains five bells.