Description

BISHOP AUCKLAND

NZ22NW CHURCH STREET, Coundon
634-1/5/127 (South side)
20/09/72 Church of St James

II

Parish church. 1871-3. By Ewan Christian.
MATERIALS: snecked stone with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate
roof with stone gable copings and red terracotta cresting and
wrought-iron west cross finial.
PLAN: chancel with north organ chamber; nave with porch and
choir vestry in north aisle.
EXTERIOR: Early English style. Round chancel apse has 4 high
lancets and pent roof. Nave has 3 south lancets. 3 lancets and
oculus enclosed in relieving arch in each of 3 gabled bays of
north aisle, with wrought-iron grille over eastern window.
Porch to west has double boarded doors with elaborate hinges
in chamfered arch with dripstring under lower gable. West
elavation has high gable with 3 lancets on sill string flanked
by prominent buttresses. Steeply pitched roof has ridge belfry
near east end, with square-plan open arches on diagonally
seamed metal base, and tall spirelet with swept eaves.
INTERIOR: porch has scissor truss roof, and double boarded
doors to church with elaborate hinges. Nave arcade has short
round ashlar piers with moulded octagonal capitals, supporting
chamfered pointed arches. Wide organ arches north and west of
chancel aisle. Windows have chamfered rear arches. Keeled
ribbed boarded roof, ribbed dome to chancel painted blue with
stars. Aisle roof scissor trusses. Aisle has Gothic panelled
wood screen forming vestry. Chancel has Gothic-style tiled
floor.
FITTINGS include brass Communion rail on wrought-brass panel
balustrade. Painted stone pulpit with dogtooth ornament and
pedestal font with large bowl. Pews have curved inverted Y
ends and pegged seats. Glass in east lancets depicts
Crucifixion, in west roundel heraldic device of 3 shells.
Other windows high quality clear glass renewed c1986.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner: County Durham: Harmondsworth:
1983-: 133).

Listing NGR: NZ2361629780

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580835

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover