Church of St James the Great
Church of St James the Great, Lower Clapton Road E5
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1226893
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St James the Great, Lower Clapton Road E5
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1226893
- Date first listed:
- 24-Apr-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St James the Great, Lower Clapton Road E5
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 Great, Lower Clapton Road E5
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Hackney (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 34842 86070
Details
735/13/351
LOWER CLAPTON ROAD E5 (north west side)
Church of St James the Great
24-APR-1951
II
Church. Nave of 1840-41 by E.C Hakewill, 1902 chancel by W.D Caröe, and 1978 conversion of west end. Stock brick with stone dressings, and red brick 1902 work.
EXTERIOR: aisleless nave with five thin lancets in splayed stone surrounds, now part of the separate western conversion and terminating in a taller bay to west end with attached 1978 stair and lift tower. Tall two bay transepts culminate in lower polygonal chapels. Tall octagonal turret to southeast angle with stone spire, Latin inscription course and gargoyles below projecting cornice, then tall stone arcade above brick with stone pointed arch detail. Red brick chancel added 1902 with tall corner buttresses and three lancets to east end. North transept links to covered porch over footpath; south transept has main porch in east corner.
INTERIOR: crossing has wooden roof with four bosses; transepts and nave have wooden tie beams with slender struts above tie beam. Chancel arch with slender clustered piers, quatrefoil details to spandrels, and short colonnettes with foliate capitals and corbelling to outside of aisles. North organ chamber with aisle behind arcade leading to vestry. Delicate wooden arcade to each chancel aisle and screen to sanctuary with painted wooden reredos. East window has Christ flanked by St. James and St. John; south aisle has St. Anna, St. Simeon, the Sower and the Light of the World. Wooden choir stalls with Art Nouveau flower detail. Stone font in north transept. Transepts behind two bay arcade with tall slender clustered piers; nave behind 1978 concrete block partition, where original roof and inserted floors.
A church of 1840-41 by E.C Hakewill with 1902 chancel by W.D Caröe that has an impressive turret and spacious interior with fine detailing.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 424410
- 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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