Church of St James the Great
CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCHILL LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348321
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCHILL LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348321
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St James the Great
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCHILL LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, CHURCHILL LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wyre Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Churchill and Blakedown
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 87966 79357
Details
CHURCHILL & BLAKEDOWN CP CHURCHILL LANE (south side) SO 87 NE Churchill 7/79 Church of St James the Great GV II Parish church. 1868 by W J Hopkins. Sandstone ashlar with tile roof. Nave, chancel, tower in north-east angle. Tower: three stages, parapet pierced by quatrefoils, belfry has a window of two cinquefoiled lights under a 2-centred head with chamfered reveals; slit windows to first stage, north door has a 2-centred head and label. Nave: four bays, angle buttresses, bays from left to right contain: a trefoil lancet; the south porch in C14 style timber-framing; last two bays each have a window of two cinquefoiled lights under a 2-centred head. Chancel: two windows: two cinquefoiled lights under 2-centred heads. East window: three cinquefoiled lights under 2-centred head with label. Interior: reported to have a recessed seat with canopy on either side of chancel arch (BoE, pp 119 - 120).
Listing NGR: SO8796679357
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157069
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, (1968), 119 120
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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