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St James

St James

Audley

Staffordshire

Plain tile roof with coped verges.

Architectural Features

The " tracery of the narrow pointed windows of the third stage has been partly destroyed but appears to have consisted of 2 trefoil headed lights with a foiled figure in the central spandrel.

Pointed 3-light west window with early C14 style Decorated tracery, and a roll and fillet moulded dripstone with terminations carved as human heads.

Pointed east-window in a late C13 style with 3 trefoil- headed lights, Geometric tracery, and roll and fillet moulded mullions.

C14 north aisle, slightly later than the rest of the building.

2-light windows with square heads, mainly C19 but one medieval window with ogee-headed lights survives, possibly mid to late C14.

hood moulds with stops carved as human heads, and a scroll-moulded sill string.

Early C14 nave arcades: pointed arches of 2 chamfered orders on octagonal columns with moulded capitals.

The chancel has a similar roof to that of the nave and a hollow moulded corona with carved human heads and fleurons including ball flower.

Well preserved sedilia and piscina with trefoiled heads, finials, crocketed ogee hoods, and scroll moulded string above terminated with carved heads.

The sanctuary has C19 wall tiles with fleur de lys pattern and vine leaf frieze.

Squat octagonal font.

Monuments.

Later C14.

Died 1622.

William and Anne Abnet, died 1628.

Re-set brass.

John Cradock, died 1656.

Stained glass.