CHURCH OF ST JAMES

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1317663
Date first listed:: 04-Oct-1967
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES

User submitted image — Uploaded by Phil Platt This photo may not represent the current condition of the site. Almost 350,000 images and stories have been added to the Missing Pieces Project so far. Share your story.
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2004-05-09
Reference:: IOE01/12186/21
Rights:: © Mr Peter Hyde. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1317663
Date first listed:: 04-Oct-1967
Date of most recent amendment:: 24-Feb-1986
List Entry Name:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES
Statutory Address 1:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: CHURCH OF ST JAMES

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

County:: Lancashire
District:: Lancaster (District Authority)
Parish:: Tatham
National Grid Reference:: SD 60594 69421

Details

SD 66 NW TATHAM

2/74 Church of St.James (formerly listed as 4-10-1967 Church of St James the Less) GV II*

Church, Cl5th, with C13th and Norman remains, tower reconstructed in 1722, and extensive restoration in 1885-7 by Paley and Austin. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. Comprises a west tower, a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a south porch, a north aisle and a north-east vestry and organ chamber. The tower has a plinth and 2 set-backs. Its saddleback roof was added in 1885 and has stone gables to the north and south. The bell openings on the east and west sides are of one cinquefoiled light. On the east and west sides they are of 2 lights with tracery under flat heads. The west window of the north aisle has a trefoiled head and appears to be original. The south wall has a 3-light window to the nave and 3 of 2 lights to the chancel. All have pointed heads with Perpendicular tracery. The lower part of the right-hand window, below a transom, is blank. Between nave and chancel there is a buttress. The outer porch doorway is pointed and chamfered in 2 orders. At the apex of the gable is a rectangular slate sundial plate. The inner doorway, although restored, appears to be C12th and has a round arch, angle shafts with scalloped capitals, and carved decoration. On the north side there are aisle windows of 3 and 2 trefoiled lights under flat heads. Between them is a doorway with pointed arch. To the left the gabled organ chamber has a window of 3 lights with Perpendicular tracery and pointed head. To the left the roof continues at a lesser pitch to cover the vestry, which has a 2-light pointed window with Y-tracery and a door with pointed head. The chancel east window is probably late C13th and is of 3 lights with intersecting tracery. Interior has 3-bay arcade with pointed arches chamfered in 2 orders. The octagonal piers with moulded capitals and bases are said by the VCH to be C12th. The capital of the western pier is crudely carved with symbols. The C19th roof has queen post trusses with intermediate principals with arch-braced collars. The eastern bay of the arcade is within the chancel, which is divided from the nave by a carved timber screen. A medieval grave cover is set into the chancel floor. The triple sedilia and piscina were discovered and reconstructed during the restoration and have trefoiled heads. The choir stalls, pews and pulpit are by Paley and Austin and have some carved tracery decoration. The octagonal sandstone font has carved decoration.

Listing NGR: SD6059469421

Legacy

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

Legacy System number:: 182610
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Farrer, W, Brownbill, J, The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, (1906)

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.