Description

SE 37 NE BALDERSBY WIDE HOWE LANE
(north side)
Baldersby St James
3/24 Church of St James
-
26.5.71
GV I

Church. 1856-58. By William Butterfield for Viscount Downe of
Baldersby Park. Snecked stone with ashlar details. Red tile roof with
lead on north aisle and vestry. High Victorian style: west tower, 5-bay
aisled nave with south porch, 2-bay unaisled, lower chancel. 3-stage
west tower with banded masonry surmounted by spire with lucarnes. Nave:
2-light Early English style windows with round windows to west end of
aisles and vesica east window in south aisle. Chancel: Early English
style windows and a 3-light, geometrical east window with cinquefoil
motif in 3 roundels. Interior: nave has quatrefoil piers with fillets
and bell capitals, brick interior walling with ashlar bands and inlaid
circular motifs. Chancel arch has attached columns and there is a low,
pierced, stone screen. Butterfield's decorative scheme and fittings
remain virtually intact, including inlaid floor tiles, sanctuary walls
of red-veined alabaster, painted chancel roof, wrought iron corona
lucis, screens, etc. Font of inlaid marble with tall spire-like cover
suspended from iron rods and with counter-weight in the form of a dove.

Listing NGR: SE3662476957

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St James at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17538229

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)