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St James

St James

Twycross

Leicestershire

Early C14 with C15 west tower and clerestorey

Architectural Features

Between the two chancel windows is a pointed door with chamfered surround, and hood mould ending in carved heads.

Plain parapet with hollow moulded string and a gargoyle above the priest's door.

On the soffit of each tie beam is a carved boss.

C14 octagonal font with trefoil-headed panels around the pedestal and quatrefoil panels around the basin.

an attached brass plate commemorates the reopening of the church in 1840 after repairs and enlargement undertaken at the expense of Earl Howe.

Stained glass: The east window was presented to the church by Sir Walter Waller in 1840.

both are from the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris of 1243-8.

More glass from Sainte-Chapelle is to be found in the lower panels of the flanking lights.

Also on the south side, a kneeling woman, probably from the choir of Le Mans Cathedral, dedicated 1354, and some C14 or C15 glass at the top.

The upper panels of the northern light contain C12 or early C13 glass and include a saint and a woman, possibly from St. Julien de Sault.

In the east bay of the north aisle is a window of 1840 by T. Willement depicting the royal coat of arms of William IV, and there is some more contemporary heradic glass in one of the south windows, of the nave.