Description

CLAYDON WITH CLATTERCOTE MAIN STREET
SP4550 (West side)
Claydon
10/31 Church of St. James the Great
08/12/55

GV II*

Small church, C12 origins represented by C12 south doorway and north arcade of 3
bays, C12 chancel probably extended in C14 or C15, C14 west tower, C15 south
porch. Restoration at 1860 by William White: north aisle almost entirely
rebuilt, piscina and sedilia inserted in chancel and all windows renewed.
Furnishings almost entirely 1860s. Squared coursed ironstone. Tower has a
saddleback roof of stone slate on south, C20-tile on north, Nave and chancel and
aisles have C20-tile roofs, Chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, west tower,
4-window range. 2 entrances, Chancel has painted arched priest's 5 doorway with
plank door and weathered head, Chancel has renewed 3-light window with
intersecting tracery. Chancel and nave have 2- and 3-light lancet windows mostly
restored or renewed by William White. Chancel has 2 buttresses and stone-coped
gable. Gabled south porch has stone slate roof and pointed arched doorway with
moulded jambs. Plank door and strap hinges. North aisle has smote and triple
lancets. Remains of a C14 stone chimney stack. The vent may resemble one at
Hanwell but the interior fireplace has gone. West tower. Low with a saddleback
roof. 3 stages.Lancets and 2-light trefoil head lancets to bell-stage. Restored
ironstone quoins. Interior. C19 Queen strut roofs. North arcade has 3 short
round piers with capitals carved with flat upright leaves. North aisle has an
Early English arch springing from a corbel with nailhead decoration leading from
north aisle to a chapel. The chapel has 3 openings to the chancel, a squint, a
C13 arch and a doorway once external as the mouldings are weathered. Fittings
and furnishings of 1860 restoration by William White, including piscina,
sedilia, pews, pulpit, reading desk and font. Stained glass; east window 1860s
by Wailes of Newcastle. South chancel windows of 1860s by Lavers and Barraud. South chancel Windows of - by Lovers and Sarr aud.
(Buildings of England: Oxford; 1974, p548; VCH; Oxfordshire; Vol X, p192)

Listing NGR: SP4570350047

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548287

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability