CHAPEL OF ST JAMES
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1105858
Date first listed: 05-Feb-1952
Statutory Address: CHAPEL OF ST JAMES, FORE STREET
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Location
Statutory Address: CHAPEL OF ST JAMES, FORE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: West Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Okehampton
National Grid Reference: SX 58849 95214
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
FORE STREET
1.
5185
(south side)
Chapel of St James
SX5895 1/5
SX5995 1/5 5.2.52
II* GV
2.
C15 west tower. Nave and chancel in one rebuilt in 1862.
Perpendicular west tower built of dressed granite in 3 stages with setback buttresses
and polygonal north-east stair turret with battlements. Embattled parapet and
obelisk pinnacles. Bell openings with two 4-centred arch lights. Three-light west
window with reticulated tracery over moulded doorway with 2-centre arch.
The Victorian nave and chancel built of Delabole Mate with granite dressings and slate
roof. Plain cusped lancets, 2-light on south side. Three-light east window with
interjecting glazing bars.
Interior: blocked 3-bay north arcade with octagonal granite piers. Small C19 wooden
gallery at the west end.
Pulpit and reader's desk made up from circa C16/17 carved woodwork. Old bench ends
and fragments of tracery, probably from screen, on south wall. Reused circa C18
twisted balusters in late C19 altar rail.
Listing NGR: SX5884995214
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 93365
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.
End of official listing