Description

SP 82 SW ASTON ABBOTTS CUBLINGTON ROAD
Church of St. James
5/1

18.10.66

GV II*

Parish church. W. tower is late C15 - early C16, remainder rebuilt
1865-6 by G.E. Street. Rubble stone, the tower with roughly
dressed blocks. Tiled roofs with decorative ridges and stone
coped gables. Tower, nave, S. porch, chancel, vestry. Tower
has square stair turret at S.E. corner, diagonal buttresses,
restored battlemented parapet and worn plinth. Bell chamber
has paired openings to W. and E., and single lights to N., and
S. W. side has door and 3-light traceried window. All tower
openings have 4-centred heads. Remainder is in Decorated style
with traceried windows. Nave has 2 3-light windows to N. and
3 2-light windows to S. S. porch is steeply gabled with 2-centred
arch. Chancel has one bay of 2-light windows and 3-light window
to E., all with some re-set old masonry. Lowside window to S.
has pair of cusped lancets. Interior: triple chamfered tower
arch, simple chamfered chancel arch. Nave has C19 arch-braced collar
and king-post roof. Restored C15 piscina and octagonal font.
Chest dated 1695. Other fittings C19.

RCHM II p.56.

Listing NGR: SP8473920239

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535258

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