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St James

St James

Ulrome

East Riding of Yorkshire

Church. C1120 origins with extensive later rebuilding of probably early C14, early-mid C18 and 1876 by Hugh Roumieu Gough for John Dent.

Architectural Features

Plain tile roof.

West end has C14 2-ogeed-light window, partly recut.

Within a round-arched Norman doorway: plain jambs have capitals with ball moulding, supporting round arch fretted with lozenges and zigzag moulding, within a C19 plank door.

2 single trefoil lights, that to left is C19, that to right is C14, partly recut, both with quoined jambs.

C14 3-stepped-ogeed-light window, partly recut.

To east wall a Norman column with chevron-moulded capital and with wish-bone hood above, set into wall.

Bell turret houses the earliest dated bell in Great Britain of 1254, inscribed "WCC/- IIII".

East window has stained glass by Kempe.