CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)

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Former parish church of 1873 by Edward Haycock junior. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1234797
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-1973
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)
Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1234797
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-1973
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)
Statutory Address 1:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY)

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Tedstone Wafer
National Grid Reference:: SO6768859055

Details

815/9/641 12-APR-73

TEDSTONE WAFER CHURCH OF ST JAMES (FORMERLY ST MARY) (Formerly listed as: TEDSTONE WAFER CHURCH OF ST MARY)

II

Former parish church of 1873 by Edward Haycock junior.

MATERIALS: Rock-faced sandstone, banded red and grey roof tiles, incorporating fishscale tiles.

PLAN: Nave and chancel, with south chapel and porch, north vestry and west bellcote.

EXTERIOR: A former parish church in a picturesque Decorated style with steep roof, to which skylight windows have been added. Nave and chapel have 2-light windows, with 4-light west window and tall 3-light east window. The porch has a cusped entrance arch. The chapel has an east doorway under a shouldered lintel. The gabled bellcote has a single bell.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: Built as a parish church in 1873 by Edward Haycock junior, replacing an older church. It has been redundant since c1968 and was converted into a house in the 1990s.

SOURCES: N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, 1963, p 299.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Church of St James (former church of St Mary) is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It is a characterful example of a small C19 Gothic-revival village church. * It retains its C19 external character and detail after conversion to a dwelling.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 410841
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.