Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STANDLAKE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052435
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STANDLAKE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052435
- Date first listed:
- 17-Oct-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STANDLAKE ROAD
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, STANDLAKE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 34223 03062
Details
ASTON BAMPTON AND SHIFFORD STANDLAKE ROAD SP30SW (North side) Aston 9/20 church of St. James
GV II
Church. 1839, by Thomas Greenshields; sanctuary added 1862 by J. Clarke; further alterations of 1885-9 by H. Drinkwater. Squared and coursed limestone with ashlar quoins and dressings; gabled concrete tile roof. Cruciform plan with west tower. Lancet style. 3-light Geometrical-style east window. One-bay chancel, 2-bay transepts and 4-bay nave have lancet windows with blocks to hood-mould stops. Gabled ends of transepts each have blind round window above ribbed door set in similar pointed doorways. West tower has similar ground-floor lancets, and hood moulds over similar west door and louvred first-stage lancets; broached and ribbed ashlar spire has gablets over trefoiled and louvred lights. Interior: double-chamfered sanctuary and transept arches; similar west doorway. Mid C19 benches, stalls, lectern and Geometrical-style pulpit. Octagonal Geometrical-style font in south transept. Lancet-style panelling in south porch. Queen-strut trusses have pointed-arched braces. Stained glass: C20 memorial glass. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.426).
Listing NGR: SP3422303062
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 252091
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 426
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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