Description

SUTTON ST. JAMES CHAPEL GATE
TF 31 NE (north side)

6/93 Chancel to Church
St. James
30.6.66 formerly listed as
part of Church of
St. James)

G.V. II

Chancel of church. C15, heavily restored 1879 and 1894, C20
extension. Ashlar, red brick, dressed coursed rubble. Plain
tile roofs with coped gables and decorative ridge cross to the
east. Chancel with C19 apsidal east end and C19 north aisle, C20
extension to west. West wall with evidence of former nave roof
line. West wall of aisle with single C19 single light pointed
arched window with cusped tracery. North wall with 3 C19 pointed
arched 2 light windows with cusped tracery. East wall with
single window as west wall. East chancel, set on a moulded
plinth extending to the south chancel, has 3 C19 pointed arched 2
light windows with cusped tracery, hood mould, label stops and
sill bands. The single central window with animal head label
stops. South chancel with 3 C19 pointed arched 3 light windows
with cusped tracery, hood mould and sill bands. The single
central window truncated and with blocked basket arched C15
doorway with hood mould under. Inner moulded arched west doorway
with Tudor style hood mould with foliate carved spandrels.
Interior. 3 bay C19 nave arcades with quatrefoil columns and
responds with moulded arches. Double chamfered C15 chancel arch
with inner order of octagonal responds and moulded capitals.
Single quatrefoil to right. Octagonal font, the C15 bowl with
cusped panels. Some C18 fragments incorporated in the pulpit.
The nave was destroyed during the Commonwealth.

Listing NGR: TF3965418393

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317727

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