Description

SK 09 NE PARISH OF TINTWISTLE WOODHEAD ROAD
5/30 (North Side)
Church of St James
GV II

Church. Mid C18. Coursed rubble gritstone with gritstone dressings. Stone
slate roof and C20 wooden turret on the west gable. Simple rectangular plan
plus a south porch added in a matching style in 1924. South elevation with
central porch flanked on either side by round-arched windows with keystones and
imposts, and metal diamond patterned glazing bars with margin lights filled with
coloured glass. Similar east window but with early C19 wooden Y tracery. The
roof was raised and, three windows inserted into the north wall in the late C18.
The north side has a central round arched window with quoins and voussoirs and
wooden 'Classical' tracery. To the left and higher up a large rectangular
window with diamond leaded light and margin lights with coloured glass. To the
right formerly a similar rectangular window now with its lower parts blocked.
South doorway, round-arched with keystone and C18 studded plank door. Inside:
early C19 west gallery, supported on wooden posts, panelled gallery front. Dado
with raised and fielded panels to north south and east walls. Simple openwork
benches with trefoiled tops. Bench fronts with flat balusters.

Listing NGR: SK0798199498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499425

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