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St James

St James

Smisby

Derbyshire

C13, C14, C15, C16 and C19.

Architectural Features

Tall unmoulded octagonal font.

MONUMENTS: at the west end of the south aisle an alabaster effigy of Joan Comyn, mid C14,

an incised alabaster slab to W Kendall +1500 and wife.

On the north wall of the chancel an impressive wall monument to Henry Kendall +1627 and wife, with large kneeling figures facing each other across a prayer dusk.

Re-used C16 linenfold panelling from Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle, as the dado behind the altar.