Church of Our Lady and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Church.
Church of Our Lady and St James
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-spandrel-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1988
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of Our Lady and St James is a Grade II listed building designed in the Decorated Gothic style, featuring curvilinear window tracery. It has a prominent three-stage southwest tower topped with a broach spire, and a six-bay triple nave plan that includes a lower three-bay chancel and an attached northeast vestry range. The exterior is constructed from snecked rubble masonry with Anglesey marble dressings, and it has slate roofs, gable finials, corbelled eaves, and stepped buttresses, which are gabled at the chancel and include plinth and cill bands.
The tower serves as the main entrance and features two tiers of blind gabled lucarnes and uncarved label stops. There is a two-light impaled trefoil louvred opening at the bell stage, with a quatrefoil cill band above a circular clock face that has a rounded label. The entrance is heavily moulded, leading into a wooden-ceiled inner porch. A polygonal vice is located on the east side. The chapel's south face has acutely pointed, non-medieval traceried windows flanking paired lancets, while the north nave features similar windows. The east face has a three-light impaled trefoil window above the entrance, adorned with foliage capitals. The chancel includes paired and single light windows, as well as a four-light double cusped window on the east side. The vestry's east face has a two-light window below a punched quatrefoil and a stone chimney stack. The west end has twin gables, a high plinth, and three-light windows. Overall, the masonry detail of the building appears slightly unfinished.
The churchyard is triangular in shape, surrounded by contemporary Gothic railings, and can be accessed from the east between gate piers.
Inside, the nave features cylindrical piers and a plain 'hammerbeam' roof supported by uncarved springers. The south nave serves as a memorial chapel. The interior includes Gothic furnishings, such as an octagonal font with marble columns, and a notable stained glass window depicting the crucifixion in the Lady Chapel, created by A Gibbs.
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