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St James

St James

Brindle

Lancashire

Late Medieval tower and north chapel, nave of 1817, with chancel 1869-70.

Architectural Features

Perpendicular 4-stage west tower with chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses and south-east stair-turret, has low Tudor-arched west doorway with hollowed surround, above this a restored 3-light window under a hoodmould with shield stops, a clock face, and 2-light louvred belfry windows with Perpendicular tracery and hoodmoulds

on north and south sides chamfered looplights, and gargoyles below a dripcourse carried round the whole

Chapel to north of this, raised and restored, has Tudor-arched 3-light window with hollow-moulded reveal and cusped lights, and a blank arch above, and on the north side a square-headed window with 3 similar cusped lights and hollow spandrels (C19 vestry covers most of this wall).

Set against the east wall of this chapel are 3 medieval gravestones with incised crosses.

brass chandelier of 1792 (Pevsner) with 2 tiers of arms

small stone tub font