Church of St James
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1118116
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St James, Church Lane, Barkham
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St James, Church Lane, Barkham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barkham
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 78405 66430
Details
SU 76 NE
9/38
BARKHAM
CHURCH LANE (east side)
Church of St. James
26.1.67
GV
II
Parish church. 1862 by John B. Clacy and son, in the Early English style, on an old site; chancel and transepts 1887. Flint with Bath stone dressings, tiled, coped, gabled roof. Chancel, north and south transepts, north vestry, and nave with a south tower. The tower is in three stages; the lower stage has set-back buttresses and serves as a porch. The top stage is of wood and has a small octagonal shingled spire. The windows are pointed and trefoiled.
Interior: the nave has five bays of arch braced collar trusses with nailhead ornament, and several C18 memorial slabs in the floor. The font is stone and late C18. In a recess on the east wall of the porch is a late C13 oak effigy of a lady in a long loose dress and linen head-dress. Both the hands are missing and the face is damaged.
Listing NGR: SU7840566430
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41518
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 240
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 75
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 04/02/2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
