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Church of St James

A Grade II* Listed Building in Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire

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  • St James: traditionally where Richard III heard mass before Bosworth Field

  • St James: c13 nave, c14 chancel (much rebuilt in 1905) & c18 tower

  • St James: c13 nave with round piers & abaci, double chamfered arches; c14 chancel & arch, reticulated east window

  • St James: c14 capital in the chancel arch with large leaves

  • St James: c14 work over the priest's door

  • St James: stone slab memorial to Margaret Neal, 1567

  • St James: Sir William Roberts, 1633; builder of nearby almshouses

  • St James: wives of Sir William Roberts, 1633

  • St James: modern memorial to Richard III

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

  • Church of St James, Sutton Cheney

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Entry Name: Church of St James

Listing Date: 7 November 1966

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1074245

English Heritage Legacy ID: 188109

ID on this website: 101074245

Location: St James's Church, Sutton Cheney, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire, CV13

County: Leicestershire

District: Hinckley and Bosworth

Civil Parish: Sutton Cheney

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Market Bosworth St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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