Church of St James the Great
CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247949
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247949
- Date first listed:
- 09-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST 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 ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Broxtowe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Brinsley
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 46110 49191
Details
SK 44 NE BRINSLEY CHURCH LANE
(west side)
2/2 Church of St.James
the Great
II
Parish church. 1837. Chancel 1877. Plain and rockfaced ashlar.
Plain tile and slate gabled roofs. Partial plinth, crenellated
parapets and gable, coped east gable with cross, ashlar side wall
stack. windows are single lancets with iron lattice glazing.
Nave with 2 west towers. Chancel, vestry and south porch. Nave
west end has 3 single lancets and above, blank trefoil. Flanked
by single octagonal crenellated towers, each with 4 chamfered
openings. North tower has door in return angle. Nave, 4 bays,
has buttresses and 4 lancets on each side. Chancel, 2 bays, has
to north lean-to organ chamber with a lancet in return angle to
east. East end has 2 pairs of corner buttresses and 3 stepped
single lancets. South side has a buttress and 2 lancets.
Vestry, single storey, extended mid C20, has coped gable.
Windows are stone mullioned casements. Buttressed west side has
casement and shouldered door. North and east sides have each a
casement. Gabled south porch has pointed south doorway with
traceried overlight. Above, blank trefoil. To east, a casement.
Inner door has chamfered Tudor arched head. Aisleless nave has
strutted queen post roof, partly ceiled. North side has Tudor
arched doorway. Chancel has moulded and rebated arch with hood
mould and stops, and round imposts on corbels. Crested wrought
iron War Memorial screen, 1919. North side has chamfered organ
opening and to its right, chamfered aumbry with hood mould. East
end has elaborate C14 style War Memorial reredos, c.1945.
Principal rafter roof with arch braces. Fittings include small
ashlar front with octagonal bowl on traceried stem. Conical
wooden cover, 1924. Traceried octagonal wooden pulpit. Timber
eagle lectern, 1955. C19 traceried stalls, benches and desks.
Monuments include brass with Latin inscription, 1874. Moulded
marble and alabaster tablet, 1917.
Listing NGR: SK4611049191
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 429394
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19554
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/26853
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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