St James' Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Church.

St James' Church

WRENN ID
second-railing-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 January 1991
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Early Gothic with simple Arts and Crafts influence; red brick with purple tiled roofs. Aisless 4-bay nave with W bellcote and S porch and lower 2-bay chancel with N vestry. Rendered W end and plinth; stepped buttresses to the eastern bay of the nave. Lancet windows with voussoirs and labels; diamond leaded glazing; 3-light E window with stepped up central lancet. Stepped pyramidal bellcote with timber openwork bellstage the roof of which has swept eaves and crucifix finial. 4 cusped arches to each side. Half timbered porch on brick base; pendant and finial broken, S-shaped braces to the sides. Pointed arch entrance with boarded doors.

Rendered interior with red brick dressings. Arched braced collar trusses springing from low set stone corbels; boarded roof. 2-order chancel arch; low arch to vestry on N side of chancel now infilled. Sanctuary is part wainscoated with Gothic panelling. Decorated Gothic pulpit, octagonal font and low iron chancel screen with gates.

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