Church of St James With Its South Boundary Wall
CHURCH OF ST JAMES WITH ITS SOUTH BOUNDARY WALL, PRESTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1346135
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James With Its South Boundary Wall
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES WITH ITS SOUTH BOUNDARY WALL, PRESTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1346135
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James With Its South Boundary Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES WITH ITS SOUTH BOUNDARY WALL, PRESTON 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 WITH ITS SOUTH BOUNDARY WALL, PRESTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Yeovil
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 53475 16235
Details
ST51NW YEOVIL CP PRESTON ROAD (North side) PRESTON PLUCKNETT
1/66 Church of St James with its South boundary wall
19.3.51
- II*
Built in 1420 as a chapelry, substantially rebuilt in the C19, architect unknown. Ham stone, with some local cut and squared stone: plain clay tiled roofs with alternating double courses of fish scale tiles, and with 2-courses stone slates at eaves. Cruciform plan with West Tower, and 1950's vestry in NE corner. Tower may be original in part; diagonal buttresses with offsets and string courses defining each level; small cinquefoil window to hellringers chamber, with C19 clockface over and C15 style traceried windows to bell chamber; battlemented copings, gargoyle spouts to each corner. Most of remaining work of C19 in early C15 style, but North transept day be earlier, the North window (on which others are based, uniquely has no hood mould). Interior almost totally of C19 and unremarkable: some pre-C19 memorials in North transept and the tower space. In a case on the North nave wall the head of the medieval churchyard cross (see below). The South boundary wall to the churchyard, stone, approximately 1.5 metres high and some 42 metres long, with roll moulded coping, of interest the glazed porch and West extension of 1979 not significant.
Listing NGR: ST5347516235
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 261404
- 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.
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