Description

NY 23 NW IREBY Uldale

11/149 Church of St James
11.4.67
II

Parish church. C12 with extensive alterations of 1730 and additions of 1837
with restoration of 1914 by J.H. Martindale. Whitewashed rubble on chamfered
plinth under graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. 3-bay nave with west
double bellcote; single-bay chancel with north vestry. Nave has west double
doors in C18 stone architrave with cornice. North wall is medieval but south
wall was rebuilt in 1730 and the west wall refaced. Diamond-paned windows in
keyed round-headed arches, surrounds with shutter hinge brackets. Bellcote
rebuilt 1914, with bell of no interest. Chancel and vestry of 1837 have similar
windows to nave except for 3-light east window in Decorated style which is
probably from the medieval chancel. Interior has 1914 open timber roof. West
wall has plaque to Thomas Thomlinson 1803 and painted arms board recording gift
of Thomas Cape 1773. C18 font on medieval base. Late C15 depressed chancel
arch. Chancel has C19 and C20 wall plaques to the Gillbanks family of
Whitefield House. Recesses in east wall for pater and creed boards now
missing. See Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological
Society, new series, 1ix, pp51-63; lxx pp189-190.

Listing NGR: NY2401137930

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612622

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)