Church of St James
CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341787
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341787
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES
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 building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Colesbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 00405 13412
Details
SP 01 SW COLESBOURNE COLESBOURNE VILLAGE
4/30 Church of St. James
26.11.58
GV II
Parish church. C12 with C15 tower and chancel; largely rebuilt 1851-53 by David Brandon for H. J. Elwes of Colesbourne Park. Random rubble limestone with ashlar tower; stone slate roof. Nave with north and south transept; west tower; south porch; and chancel. C14 porch with moulded arch, buttresses and parapet gable; C13 south doorway with hood moulding and decorated labels. One square-headed C15 2-light nave window to left of porch with simple rectilinear tracery head and hood moulding; on north side another similar 2-light, and remains of blocked C12 window; otherwise masonry much rebuilt. C14 south transept with 3-light south window, and 2-light to east with reticulated tracery. North transept is C19 rebuild to match the south. C15 chancel, rebuilt C19; early C20 east window with geometrical tracery; below, set into the wall, a glazed tile from the reign of Edward II depicting the crucifixion; 2 small square-headed 2-light windows in south wall. Two-stage tower with 2-light west window, diagonal buttresses to lower stage only, and square stair turret projecting on south side; 2-light belfry windows, screens pierced with quartrefoils. Crenellated parapet with moulded string course below; diagonal animal gargoyles at each corner; small crocketed corner pinnacles. Interior restored in C19. 4-bay nave roof with collar and arched braced trusses supported on follated stone corbels; decorative struts forming 3-light opening above collar; plain painted walls; pointed chancel arch on restored C12 square piers with scalloped capitals; C15 tower arch; simple moulded pointed arches to transepts. South transept has wagon roof with brattished wall plates; trefoil-headed piscina in south wall. North transept has C19 wagon roof to match that in south; squint passage into chancel; elaborate C19 memorial to Susan Elwes on west wall. C19 wagon roof in chancel; many memorial plaques to the Elwes family on north wall. Octagonal stone C15 wine-glass pulpit to south of chancel arch on tall narrow octagonal stem; 2 panels each trefoil-headed to each face, one of which is pierced; entered up stone steps from chancel. Octagonal stone C15 font in nave, on octagonal bracketed pedestal with shield decoration; one quartrefoil panel to each face; wooden cover. The stained glass to most windows dates from 1854 and is by Thomas Willement; the north transept window is by Wailes, the east window dating from 1915. Stands in the grounds of Colesbourne Park. (D.Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)
Listing NGR: SP0040513412
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 127131
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire The Cotswolds, (1979)
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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