Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1092445
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1092445
- Date first listed:
- 16-May-1966
- 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.
- County:
- Hampshire
- District:
- Basingstoke and Deane (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashmansworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 41071 56631
Details
SU 45 NW ASHMANSWORTH ASHMANSWORTH 2/16
16.5.66 Church of St James 1 C12, C14, C17, C18. Aisleless nave and chancel of the Norman period, with a south porch and bell turret. The chancel has on the north side 2 old windows and on the south one old and a recent lancet, a pillared piscina and the remains of mid C14 wall paintings. The narrow chancel arch is round-headed and rests on abaci, with a squint on each side and fragments of wall painting above (including the central part of a Royal Coat of Arms). The nave windows, fragments of wall paintings and 3 consecration crosses, the low walling being boarded; at the west end are raised galleries, with balusters and panelling, one marked for the Earl of Portsmouth (the other being for the Rector). There is a tub font and a C18 panelled pulpit. Externally, the walls are rendered, with some brick strengthening and abutments, the west wall being of flint. The roofing is of tile, with a boarded bell turret at the west end. The windows are small Norman lights in the chancel, and C19 in the nave (with cusped lancets on the south side). The south porch is a gabled brick structure, with a pointed arch, and 2 bricks are incised ROH and 1694.
Listing NGR: SU4085456384
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 138324
- 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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