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Latitude: 52.175 / 52°10'30"N
Longitude: -0.174 / 0°10'26"W
OS Eastings: 524959
OS Northings: 254548
OS Grid: TL249545
Mapcode National: GBR J4M.QS8
Mapcode Global: VHGMN.XLVG
Plus Code: 9C4X5RGG+29
Entry Name: Church of St James the Great
Listing Date: 14 May 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1289920
English Heritage Legacy ID: 396099
Also known as: St James' Church, Waresley
ID on this website: 101289920
Location: St James's Church, Waresley, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, SG19
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Civil Parish: Waresley-cum-Tetworth
Built-Up Area: Waresley
Traditional County: Huntingdonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Waresley St James
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: Church building
TL 2454 WARESLEY GAMLINGAY ROAD
(West Sise)
17/109 (20/2) Church of
14.5.59 St. James the Great
GV
II*
Parish church of 1855-57 by William Butterfield (1814-1900) for
Charles Duncombe. Of coursed limestone ashlar with steeply
pitched tiled roofs. Slender north west porch tower and broach
spire, roofed with oak shingles. Nave aisled on north side with
Duncombe mausoleum on south. Vestry and organ chamber to north
of chancel. Fenestration and doorways in late C13 style.
Interior. North arcade of three bays with narrower bay to
west. Single chamfered two-centred arches with labels and mask
stops, on round columns with moulded capitals and bases.
Similar chancel arch of two chamfered orders with the inner
carried on corbels carved with angels. The wall between the
mausoleum and the nave is pierced by three lancet windows with
foiled heads. The chancel is decorated with polychrome tiles in
geometrical pattern. The stained glass is contemporary with the
Church. The east and south windows in the chancel are attri-
buted to Gibbs and that in the north window to Burne-Jones. The
pews, communion rail, font, and tiled floor are also by
Butterfield.
Pevsner: Buildings of England (Hunts), p363.
Thompson, P: William Butterfield, Victorian Architect
(Cambridge, Mass, 1971).
Listing NGR: TL2495954548
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