Latitude: 52.175 / 52°10'30"N
Longitude: -0.174 / 0°10'26"W
OS Eastings: 524959
OS Northings: 254548
OS Grid: TL249545
Mapcode National: GBR J4M.QS8
Mapcode Global: VHGMN.XLVG
Plus Code: 9C4X5RGG+29
Entry Name: Church of St James the Great
Listing Date: 14 May 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1289920
English Heritage Legacy ID: 396099
Also known as: St James' Church, Waresley
ID on this website: 101289920
Location: St James's Church, Waresley, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, SG19
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Civil Parish: Waresley-cum-Tetworth
Built-Up Area: Waresley
Traditional County: Huntingdonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Waresley St James
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: Church building
TL 2454 WARESLEY GAMLINGAY ROAD (West Sise) 17/109 (20/2) Church of 14.5.59 St. James the Great
GV II*
Parish church of 1855-57 by William Butterfield (1814-1900) for Charles Duncombe. Of coursed limestone ashlar with steeply pitched tiled roofs. Slender north west porch tower and broach spire, roofed with oak shingles. Nave aisled on north side with Duncombe mausoleum on south. Vestry and organ chamber to north of chancel. Fenestration and doorways in late C13 style. Interior. North arcade of three bays with narrower bay to west. Single chamfered two-centred arches with labels and mask stops, on round columns with moulded capitals and bases. Similar chancel arch of two chamfered orders with the inner carried on corbels carved with angels. The wall between the mausoleum and the nave is pierced by three lancet windows with foiled heads. The chancel is decorated with polychrome tiles in geometrical pattern. The stained glass is contemporary with the Church. The east and south windows in the chancel are attri- buted to Gibbs and that in the north window to Burne-Jones. The pews, communion rail, font, and tiled floor are also by Butterfield. Pevsner: Buildings of England (Hunts), p363. Thompson, P: William Butterfield, Victorian Architect (Cambridge, Mass, 1971).
Listing NGR: TL2495954548
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