Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES, VILLAGE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1168645
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, VILLAGE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-07-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/08028/05
- Rights:
- © Mr Fred Halliday. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1168645
- Date first listed:
- 24-Sept-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, VILLAGE STREET
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, VILLAGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- South Kesteven (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolsthorpe By Belvoir
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 83659 33876
Details
WOOLSTHORPE BY BELVOIR VILLAGE STREET SK 83 SW (west side) 2/183 Church of St. James 24.9.79 G.V. II Parish church. 1847 by G. G. Place of Nottingham. In early C14 style. Coursed ironstone rubble with limestone ashlar dressings, stone coped slate roofs. Western tower, nave with clerestory, aisles, chancel, south porch, vestry. The 3 stage tower has stepped corner buttresses, parapet with panelled frieze and corner pinnacles. The 2 light pointed louvred belfry openings have hood moulds. The west doorway has triple filleted angle shafts and deeply moulded pointed surround. Above is a 2 light window with curvilinear tracery. The north aisle has a 2 light west window, a blocked north doorway with trefoil headed niche over, and 3 three light windows. The clerestory to both sides consists of 3 quatrefoils in circles. The vestry has a pointed doorway and single 2 light and single windows. The east window is of 5 lights and above is a small gable light and 2 blank shields. In the chancel south wall are 2 three light windows and a priest's door. The south aisle has a 3 light east window, 3 similar south windows and a 2 light west window. All windows have hood moulds with human head label stops and curvilinear or geometric tracery. The steeply gabled south porch has a pointed outer doorway with octagonal responds and side benches. The inner doorway has filleted angle shafts with deeply moulded pointed surround. Interior. 4 bay nave arcades, octagonal piers, double chamfered arches. Tower arch, steeply pointed, of 3 orders. Similar chancel arch with octagonal responds. Chancel has on north wall a central vestry doorway, flanked by single recesses. The eastern one is ornate with floriated ogee head, pinnacle and flanking angels. All doorways have painted texts over and the chancel is delicately painted with floral stencil designs. Chancel has Minton tiled floor. All fittings are C19, including the ornate encrusted font, octagonal stem and bowl surmounted by arcade of enriched ogee arches. The former church on a site to the south of the village was destroyed by Parliamentarians during the Civil War. The present church was built on the site of St. Mary's Chapel of Ease. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Azelia Manners who painted the wall decorations in the chancel.
Listing NGR: SK8365933876
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 193425
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 22:15:48.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.