Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STOWELL HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1321032
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STOWELL HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1321032
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, STOWELL HILL
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, STOWELL HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tytherington
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 66856 88374
Details
ST 68 NE
1/34
TYTHERINGTON C.P.
STOWELL HILL
Church of St. James
G.V.
II*
Anglican Parish Church. C13, C14, C15, major restoration, 1884 by Pope and Paul
of Bristol. Rubble, plain clay tile roofs, raised coped verges with saddlestones.
West tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, south chapel, chancel.
Perpendicular tower of 2 stages, diagonal buttresses, castellated parapet with
crocketed corner finials, square north stair turret, small 2-centered arch west
door under heavy hoodmould, 3-light window above, second stage has one louvred,
2-light window under hoodmould per side, gabled nave, gabled north aisle has
2 windows with reticulated tracery, and 2 Perpendicular windows, narrow south
aisle, west window is a lancet, there is a 2-light Perpendicular window to the
right of the gabled C19 south porch, then a low, chamfered, four centered arched
priest's door, although there is no break, the square headed 4-light Perpendicular
window with hoodmould to the right is that to the south chapel which also has a
3-light pointed late Perpendicular east window, gabled chancel with raised quoins
and a 3-light Decorated east window. Interior: tall and narrow tower arch,
3-bay south arcade has octagonal piers with feet, 3-bay north arcade has piers
with clustered shafts under a continuous hoodmould, wagon roofs, fragment of
carved stone reset by rebuilt chancel arch, rebuilt south chapel has cusped
remnants of a tomb recess and a plain, pointed piscina. Memorials: south aisle;
Bridges, 1657 cherubs and memento mori around text below pediment with consoles;
Webb/Pullin, 1714, text in frame of Ionic columns, apron, entablature, swan neck
pediment with urn; Pullin, 1729, text in cartouche between fluted, Ionic
pilasters, gadrooned plinth, apron, putto, entablature, scrolled pediment with
urn; north aisle; Hobbs, 1727, engraved wall-mounted slab; Davies, 1766,
marble; Hobbs, 1777, dark marble ground, festoons, broken pediment with urn;
Hobbs, 1830, marble, text between consoles, entablature with acroterion and urn;
3 C19 tablets in nave. (Source: D. Verey : Buildings of England, Gloucestershire
The Vale and The Forest of Dean. 1970).
Listing NGR: ST6685688374
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 35457
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)
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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