Description

PARISH OF IDRIDGEHAY AND ALTON WIRKSWORTH ROAD
SK 24 NE
3/57
Church of St James
II
Anglican Church. 1854-5 by H I Stevens of Derby in the Decorated style. Ashlar
girtstone on a shallow plinth, with coped gables with cross finials, and graduated
slate roof. Nave, nave porch, chancel, north aisle and north east tower with broach
spire and lucarnes. Decorated traceried windows beneath hoodmoulds with stops, with
stepped buttresses between windows, and diagonal buttresses to corners. Half-
timbered porch to nave south east wall, with decorative bargeboards to gable and 'Y'
struts above pointed entrance archway. Deeply moulded pointed arch to south east
door. Angle buttresses to tower, with ashlar bands delineating tower stages. Pierced
quatrefoils to second stage, and pointed arched lights with louvres to bell stage.
Contemporary furnishings.

Listing NGR: SK2855049023

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452478

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)