Details
SO 85 NE HINDLIP CP -
7/1
Church of St James
14/3/69
GV II*
Parish church. C15 origins, nave and chancel rebuilt 1864, altered and
enlarged in 1887 by W J Hopkins. Ashlar, plain tiled roof behind parapets
with cross finials at gable ends. West tower, 3-bay nave with south aisle,
3-bay chancel with south chapel, north vestry, and organ chamber. Decorated
style. West tower: C15, much restored; 2 stages with strings below silence
chamber and parapet; diagonal buttresses with offsets at west end; west
doorway forms main entrance; pointed arched, 2 nookshafts each side with
moulded capitals and bases, late C19 square hood with foliated label stops,
blind quatrefoil tracery in spandrels; above is a 4-light window with late
C15 tracery, cambered head and hood mould with foliated label stops; belfry
stage has C17, square-headed, 2-light louvred openings and in both north
and south elevations is a small, rectangular opening to the silence chamber
immediately above the lower string; embattled parapet, originally with corner
pinnacles which were removed in the early C20. Nave: rebuilt 1864; north
elevation has a 2-light window at the west end with hood mould and foliated
label stops; to the left of it is a C15 cusped lancet; part of the north vestry
protrudes across the easternmost bay. South aisle and chapel added in 1887,
replacing former south transept; they share the same separate roof lying
parallel to the nave and 2 westernmost bays of the chancel; the roof has a
parapet above a string and which has a moulded coping and paired, blind,
cusped, pointed arches at the corners; buttresses have offsets and gablets
containing pointed-lobed trefoils at each end and at division between aisle
and chapel; windows are all 2-lights with hood moulds and foliated label
stops and there is a string course beneath sill level; the south elevation
has 2 windows flanking a C15 cusped lancet, and the chapel is lit by a
single window set at a slightly higher level; there is a large window at
each gable end. Chancel: 1864, lengthened in 1887; parapet of same design
as south aisle and chapel and the string continues round, well below sill
level; 3-light east window with hood mould and short string immediately
below sill level, both having foliated stops; loophole in gable with string
immediately beneath; at east end of north and south elevations is a late
C19 cusped lancet with hood mould and foliated label stops. North vestry
and organ chamber added 1887; buttresses at ends, parapet and window in
north and east elevations detailed similarly to south aisle; to right of
north window is narrow, pointed doorway with hood mould and foliated label
stops; the continuous string course terminates left of the doorway in a
foliated stop; in the angle between the vestry and nave is a canted bay,
flat-roofed, the parapet pierced with a quatrefoil frieze and having a
central, cusped lancet; stone steps with wrought iron railings are set
against the bay and lead into the vestry basement. Interior: there is no
chancel arch; the tower arch is round arched and of 3 chamfered orders,
the inner one having octagonal moulded capitals. South arcade of 3
pointed arches on column, quatrefoil-shaped in section with moulded capitals
and bases; 2-bay arcades each side west end of chancel of pointed arches and
a central column with foliated capital and moulded base. Late C19 roofs,
the principal rafters supported on corbels carved to form bearded faces;
there are cusped, traceried panels above the chancel wall-plate. Reredos of
ornate stonework panels and inscriptions, cusped ogee arch at centre with
marble base and nookshafts and within which is a relief of The Last Supper.
Late C19 altar table, brass altar rails, brass chancel screen, and parcloses.
Late C19 pulpit and neo-Norman font. C15 tiles now set in walls of tower base.
Late C19 misericords along south wall. Memorials include two mid-C19 ones
in south aisle to Thomas Anthony, third Viscount Southwell, died 1860, and his
wife, Jane, died 1853, and 2 of early C19 date in tower base; also, outside
on the north wall to the top left of the westernmost window is a mid-C18 oval
wall memorial to Henry Restall, died 1740. All windows are filled with late
C19 stained glass; east window is by Hardman. A complete embodiment of the
pious Victorian Lord of the Manor's religious ideals, including all interior
fittings. (VCH Vol 3ii; BoE).
Listing NGR: SO8802458587
