Church of St James the Great
CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, GAMLINGAY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1289920
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, GAMLINGAY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1289920
- Date first listed:
- 14-May-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, GAMLINGAY ROAD
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, GAMLINGAY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Waresley-cum-Tetworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 24959 54548
Details
TL 2454 WARESLEY GAMLINGAY ROAD (West Sise) 17/109 (20/2) Church of 14.5.59 St. James the Great
GV II*
Parish church of 1855-57 by William Butterfield (1814-1900) for Charles Duncombe. Of coursed limestone ashlar with steeply pitched tiled roofs. Slender north west porch tower and broach spire, roofed with oak shingles. Nave aisled on north side with Duncombe mausoleum on south. Vestry and organ chamber to north of chancel. Fenestration and doorways in late C13 style. Interior. North arcade of three bays with narrower bay to west. Single chamfered two-centred arches with labels and mask stops, on round columns with moulded capitals and bases. Similar chancel arch of two chamfered orders with the inner carried on corbels carved with angels. The wall between the mausoleum and the nave is pierced by three lancet windows with foiled heads. The chancel is decorated with polychrome tiles in geometrical pattern. The stained glass is contemporary with the Church. The east and south windows in the chancel are attri- buted to Gibbs and that in the north window to Burne-Jones. The pews, communion rail, font, and tiled floor are also by Butterfield. Pevsner: Buildings of England (Hunts), p363. Thompson, P: William Butterfield, Victorian Architect (Cambridge, Mass, 1971).
Listing NGR: TL2495954548
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 396099
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Thompson, P, William Butterfield Victorian Architect, (1971)
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough, (1968), 363
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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