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Latitude: 53.6729 / 53°40'22"N
Longitude: -1.502 / 1°30'7"W
OS Eastings: 432995
OS Northings: 419714
OS Grid: SE329197
Mapcode National: GBR KTYZ.M3
Mapcode Global: WHC9Z.WYX6
Plus Code: 9C5WMFFX+45
Entry Name: Church of St James
Listing Date: 30 March 1971
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1242803
English Heritage Legacy ID: 443753
ID on this website: 101242803
Location: St James's Church, Thornes, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2
County: Wakefield
Electoral Ward/Division: Wakefield West
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Wakefield
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Thornes St James
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Church building
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Thornes
DENBY DALE ROAD (East Side)
Church of St James
30.3.71.
Church of England 1829-31 by Atkinson and Sharpe. Classical church of coursed, squared stone with frieze and eaves cornice, central bay of gabled west end projects and rises as a square tower with octagonal drum and dome. Simple, severe detail. Doors and windows in plain architraves with cornices over. Central west door and blind doors in western bays of five-bay returns. Quadrant spiked railings enclose angles between tower and west wall. At east end a plain pediment and a blank tripartite window with Doric entablature. Small later C19 east addition.
Listing NGR: SE3299519714
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