CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1052460
Date first listed: 18-May-1987
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST JAMES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
Parish: Worton
National Grid Reference: SP 42640 30108
Details
WORTON NETHER WORTON
SP43SW
3/234 Church of St. James
27/08/56
GV II*
Church. C14; tower dated 1630; restored 1883. Coursed squared marlstone with
ashlar dressings, some limestone; sheet-aluminium roof. 3-bay aisled nave,
south-west tower, and chancel recess. North and south sides each have 3
square-headed 3-light windows with ogee lights; the re-set east window is
similar but with a 4-centred head. The small 3-stage tower, built above the west
end of the south aisle, contains the C13 doorway with dogtooth decoration to the
arch and an oak door of 6 fielded panels; the bell chamber has 2-light
stone-mullioned openings and the datestone is inscribed "ROBERTE/PARSONS/1630".
The shallow-pitched roofs all have parapets; the nave rises above the aisles,
without clerestory, and projects slightly to east. Interior: C14 arcades and
chancel arch have octagonal piers and responds with moulded bases and capitals
and arches of 2 chamfered orders; bases on south side have corner spurs and may
be C12. Trefoiled blind arches on east walls of aisles may be C13. C19 roofs
with cast-iron brackets. Chancel recess is lined with grained panelling
incorporating Decalogue etc. Late C17 barleytwist communion rails. Ritual
chancel is defined by a C17 balustrade, with heavy turned balusters, linking
with the pulpit which has C17 panels. Monuments include several C17 ledgers, and
early C19 memorials to the Wilson family including a large draped urn by Henry
Westmacott. C19 line drawing with stencilled border on north wall by Grace
Wilson. The chancel was demolished at an unknown date.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.292; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire,
pp.713-14).
Listing NGR: SP4264030108
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 252050
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J , The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 713-14
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1983), 292
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing