Description

CHARLEY OAKS ROAD
iiK 41 NE
(Oaks in Charnwood)
7/108 Church of St James the
Greater
- II

Parish church. 1883 rebuilding of 1815 church. By Ewan Christian. Charnwood
granite rubble with Swithland slate roofs. West tower, nave, south porch,
chancel, north vestry. In simple Decorated style with traceried window, coped
gables, some off-set buttresses, chamfered plinth and moulded eaves. West tower
is of 2 stages and has battlemented parapet with fleuron string and corner
gargoyles. Pyramid roof. 2-light arched openings to bell-chamber, similar west
window. Tall slit windows to upper part of lower stage. Round stair turret in
north angle between tower and nave. Cusped lancet in west end of nave to south
of tower. 4-bay nave has rectangular windows with cusped tracery and hoodmoulds
mostly 2-light but 3-light in east bay. South door in moulded arch. Gabled
south porch with similar arch. Chancel has arched windows with cusped tracery
and hoodmoulds, single and 2-light to south, 3-light to east. Caernarvon arch
over south door. Single light and lean-to vestry to north. Interior: double
chamfered tower arch; moulded chancel arch on corbels; crown-post roof to nave;
barrel ribs to chancel roof. Fittings are mostly late C19 and C20 but also
include an early C19 octagonal stone font and 6 lances from the Battle of
Waterloo. Original church was consecrated on the same day as the Battle, and a
triangular stone tablet leaning against south wall of tower is inscribed
'Erected 1815'.

Listing NGR: SK4732316337

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643344

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)