Description

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA1132NE CHURCH STREET, Sutton
680-1/12/451 (North side)
13/10/52 Church of St James and boundary wall
(Formerly Listed as:
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
CHURCH STREET, Sutton
Church of St James)

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Parish church. Nave and south aisle c1347, west tower and
aisle west bays c1400; roofs, chancel arch, east window and
arcades renewed, and vestry added 1866 during restoration by
RG Smith, Borough Engineer. Organ chamber 1883 by Smith &
Brodrick of Hull, reusing 2 chancel windows. Tower restored,
parapet and pinnacles renewed 1886. Brick and coursed squared
stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.
Chancel with vestry and organ chamber, nave with aisles, west
tower.
Buttressed chancel, 4 bays, has plinth, chamfered eaves and
coped gable. east end has a C19 four-light Decorated lancet
with hoodmould and stepped sill band. South side has to east 3
flat-headed triple lancets with Decorated tracery and to west
a smaller untraceried double lancet with flat head. North side
has to east a blocked shouldered doorway.
Buttressed lean-to vestry has coped gable and to north a
partly blocked double lancet with hoodmould. Adjoining organ
chamber of similar design has a side wall brick stack. To
east, a Decorated triple lancet and to west, a plain double
lancet, both with flat heads. Windowless nave has coped east
gable, and crenellated brick parapet to south.
South aisle, 4 bays, has plinth, gabled buttresses, string
course, and similar crenellated parapet. Off-centre moulded
doorway with hoodmould, flanked to left by a plain triple
lancet and to right by 2 larger triple lancets with ogee
headed lights. All have flat-headed surrounds, the 2 to east
with label moulds. Lower west bay has angle buttress, plain
parapet and coped gable. To south, a plain triple lancet with
flat head and label mould. To west, an untraceried
Perpendicular double lancet with label mould.
North aisle has plain lean-to roof and ungabled buttresses.
Similar fenestration with larger restored doorway and
hoodmould. Higher west bay has angle buttress and coped brick
parapet. West end has an untraceried Perpendicular double
lancet with label mould.
Embraced west tower, 2 stages, has moulded plinth, angle
buttresses, quoins, string courses and crenellated parapet
with corner pinnacles. Moulded deeply recessed west door with
hoodmould, and above it, a 5-light lancet with panel tracery
and hoodmould. At the head of the lower stage, a small loop.
To south, a clock. Bell stage has on each side a double lancet
louvred bell opening with chamfered reveal.
Outside, to south, low brick boundary wall with stone coping
and renewed railing. Off-centre square gatepiers with stone
caps. Approx 70m long.
INTERIOR; chancel has double chamfered arch with
half-octagonal piers, and strutted arch-braced roof on
corbels. East end has stained-glass window, 1873, with sill
band, and Decorated style stone reredos with crocketed central
gable. North side has organ chamber opening flanked by
pilasters with stiff-leaf capitals. To east, C19 shouldered
chamfered doorway flanked by single flat-headed triple
lancets. To east again, a chamfered C14 aumbry with hoodmould.
South side has a C19 cusped double sedilia, and to west 3
windows with late C19 stained glass. Nave has 4-bay arcades
with octagonal piers and capitals and double chamfered arches.
Scissor trussed arch-braced roof with wall shafts on corbels.
West end has double cove moulded tower arch large diagonally
set canted piers with Perpendicular style blind arcading.
Flanking arches to the aisles are of similar design. East arch
has reset C15 wooden screen.
Aisles have arch-braced lean-to roofs and double chamfered
arches into the west bays. South aisle has to east a cusped
piscina and a reset and restored shaft piscina. East and
southeast windows have stained glass, mid and late C19. North
aisle has to east a gabled aumbry and a stained-glass east
window, 1865. North-east windows have stained glass, late C19
and 1906, by Kempe.
Fittings include C13 tub font with nailhead band on renewed
octagonal stem. C19 traceried octagonal ashlar pulpit with
ogee canopies and alabaster shafts. Brass eagle lectern, 1888.
Memorials include chest tomb c1349, with shields in quatrefoil
panels and armoured effigy with shield, to Sir John de Sutton.
Marble and slate tablet with coat of arms, 1830, and similar
tablet with portrait medallion, 1834. Various marble and slate
tablets, late C18 and early C19.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: York & the East
Riding: Harmondsworth: 1972-: 280; Church Guide).

Listing NGR: TA1181032950

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528562

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