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St James the Great

St James The Great

Stonesfield

Oxfordshire

C13 with C14 alterations and belfry of tower added or rebuilt in the C15

Architectural Features

Double-chamfered plinth, chamfered offset to second stage, moulded string course to vestry, moulded parapet string with carved gargoyles, and battlemented parapet with moulded coping

Pair of square C17 double-chamfered mullioned stone clerestory windows to south

C14 window to right of 2 cinqufoil-headed lights with quatrefoil in tracery, moulded reveals and hood mould

C19 chamfered rectangular west window to aisle and C14 east window of 2 ogee trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoil in tracery, chamfered reveals and hood mould

C14 south windows of 2 ogee trefoil-headed lights with reticulated tracery, chamfered reveals and returned hood mould

C15 east window of 3 ogee cinqufoil-headed lights with panelled tracery, hollow-chamfered reveals and returned hood mould

C14 straight-headed north window of ogee trefoil-headed lights and C19 chamfered-arched doorway to right with hood mould and boarded door with strap hinges

Two-bay south aisle arcade consisting of central quatrefoil-section compound pier with moulded base and capital, double-chamfered arches (continuous to the left) and hood mould with carved stops

C13 triple-chamfered tower arch, the inner chamfer springing from corbels, the middle chamfer dying into responds and the outer chamfer continuous

Ledge to east, west and north walls, formerly supporting gallery (removed 1876). C13 chancel arch consisting of 3 orders of shafts with stiff-leaf capitals and moulded bases, and triple hollow-chamfered arch

Ogee trefoil-arched piscina to south-east with carved corbel supporting bowl

North chapel has C15 low-pitched 2-bay roof with cambered tie-beam, moulded ridge piece, subsidiary cross members and plain chamfered joists, moulded wall plate and uncarved bosses

C14 north window with C13 central shaft to rear supporting 2 hollow-chamfered arches

C13 double-chamfered arch between chapel and north aisle, the inner chamfer springing from moulded corbel to south and with broach stop and moulded capital to north, and the outer chamfer continuous

C15 two-bay oak screen between chancel and chapel with chamfered timbers

Polygonal oak pulpit with round-arched panels, carved square panels above, carved frieze and corners, and later stone base

C14 octagonal stone font with chamfered base, moulded bowl and C19 wooden cover

Late C19 choir stalls (in north aisle at time of survey - March 1987) and lectern

Fragments of C14 and C15 stained glass in the chancel windows and the west window of the tower

C16 glass in clerestory window. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp790-1