Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1036375
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1036375
- Date first listed:
- 11-Sept-1968
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Heytesbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 91645 41143
Details
HEYTESBURY TYTHERINGTON VILLAGE ST 94 SW (east side) 4/101 Church of St. James 11.9.68 GV II*
Anglican chapel. Mainly C16, restored 1891 by C.E. Ponting. Dressed limestone, stone slate roof. Consists of nave and chancel under one roof with entrance at west end. Restored stone Tudor- arched doorway with planked door with strap hinges, over is tall C16 three-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window with hoodmould, flanking buttresses. Coped verges to roof with ashlar bellcote over west gable; one Tudor-arched opening. North side has blocked pointed doorway to right, a small quatrefoil with cusped spandrels and one 2-light recessed chamfered mullioned window to left. East end has diagonal buttresses and C19 three-light Perpendicular-style window. South side has one 2-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window; all windows with leaded lights. Interior: small interior retains original fittings including old tiled floor, oak pews with simply moulded bench ends are probably C17, C18 communion rails with wood turned balusters and wide moulded rail, cylindrical stone font with C17 font cover at west end. Tie-beam and collar roof of 4 1/2-bays with two tiers of butt purlins, the lower tier and the tie-beam soffits are moulded. Chapel to Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Heytesbury (q.v.).
Listing NGR: ST9164541143
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 313322
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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