Church of Saint James the Great
CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199969
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of Saint James the Great
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1199969
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Aug-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Church of Saint James the Great
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
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 SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fulbrook
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 25837 13034
Details
FULBROOK CHURCH LANE SP2513 (East side) 11/42 Church of Saint James the 12/09/55 Great (Formerly listed as Church of Saint James) GV II*
Church. C12; north aisle c.1200; C13 chancel remodelled, north transept and south porch; restored 1892 when the nave probably re-roofed. Uncoursed stone rubble; stone slate roof to chancel and to north aisle; roofs of nave and tower not visible. 3-bay chancel, 4-bay nave and north aisle, 2-bay north transept and west tower. South side: C19 plank double door to Romanesque round-arched doorway with roll-moulding and billet hood. C13 stone open porch of 3 hallow-chamfered orders on jamb shafts with bell capitals, the outer arch has quatrefoil-section responds, bell capitals and a hollow-chamfered arch. Nave has irregular fenestration of 2-light stone mullion windows with hood moulds, except for 2-light Plate-tracery window to right. 2-light stone mullion windows to left and right of chancel. East end: triple lancet with hood mould. North side: lancet to right of chancel. 3-light stone mullion window to left return of north transept. 2-light Reticulated-tracery window to north end of transept. 2-light Reticulated-tracery window to north end of transept. 2-light stone mullion window with Perpendicular lights to left of north aisle. Blocked round-arched doorway to centre. 2-light Rectilinear-tracery windows to right and to right of centre. Single lancet to west end of aisle, and to base of tower. 2-light Reticulated-tracery louvred opening to each side of bell chamber of tower. Interior: 3-bay arch-braced collar truss roof to chancel with moulded mid-purlin and principal braces. C17 and C18 memorials to left of chancel. C17 wood altar rail of baluster balustrade. Romanesque round chancel arch with roll-mouldings and shafts with bell capitals. 7-bay Perpendicular-style roof to nave with carved bosses. C18 hexagonal wood pulpit on stone base. Arcade to north aisle and transept of 4 two-centred arches on round piers with trumpet-scalloped capitals. 2-bay Perpendicular-style roof to north transpet. Probably C14 lean-to roof to north aisle, having moulded principal rafters. Romanesque round stone font on spreading base to north aisle. 4-centre arch from nave to tower. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: 1979, p609-610)
Listing NGR: SP2583713034
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 253599
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 609-610
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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