CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1260729
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, SAINT JAMES STREET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, SAINT JAMES STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rochdale (Metropolitan Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 92876 12852
Details
SD 91 SW MILNROW SAINT JAMES STREET
(north-east side)
3/108 Church of
24/1/67 St. James
G.V. II
Church. 1868-9. By G. E. Street for the Schofield family.
Rock-faced stone with slate roof. Nave with clerestory,
aisles, south porch, west tower and chancel flanked by organ
chamber and side chapel. Gothic revival. 5-bay nave and
aisles with projecting plinth and weathered buttresses.
Gabled porch in bay 1. Other bays have 2-light aisle windows
with curvilinear tracery and triple clerestory lights with
cusped heads. Coped gables with finials. 4-light west window
and 5-light east window. The side chapel and organ
chamber/vestry have ogee-arched doorways. 2-stage tower with
diagonal buttresses and octagonal stair turret has 2-light
belfry openings, a ballflower-enriched band below a parapet
with blind cusping, gargoyles, a pyramidal roof, and
pinnacles which have been taken down (1984). Interior:
Double-chamfered nave arcade on octagonal columns having
naturalistic foliage capitals, sculptor - T. Earp. Double-
chamfered chancel and tower arches. Nave has king-post roof
trusses whereas chancel has arch-braced collar-tie roof
trusses. Sedilia and piscina. Stone font and pulpit. Stained
glass. Timber fittings.
Listing NGR: SD9287612852
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 439616
- 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.
End of official listing