Architectural Features
Welsh slate roof with decorative ridge tiles.
Battlements with gargoyles at the angles.
C17 clerestory of three 2-light windows.
Various incised slabs and brass indents set in the chancel floor.
Monument in the chancel set in a semi-circular headed recess.
To Walter Powtrell, died 1598, and wife, recumbent alabaster effigies on a tomb chest.
Incised slab to Thomas Powtrell, died 1484.
Tablet in the north aisle dated 1697 with Latin inscription, heavy scrolled pediment.
Unmoulded octagonal font on a square base, with broaches at the angles of the bowl.
The font. The date and origin of this are a mystery. One suggestion is that it is the base of an old village cross, but it does not appear sufficiently weathered for this. It was installed in the church in 1878 after being discovered in Derby and investigations following this suggested that it probably came from West Hallam Hall, home to a Roman Catholic family who would have used it for secret baptisms. It was thought to have been presented to Derby Museum from the ancient chapel at Mapperley, which was replaced by a new building in 1851.
C19 Jacobean style pulpit.
Stained glass.
Medieval glass in the chancel north window with quarries of birds and later shields.
Stained glass in the south clerestory. This represents St James the Less carrying the fuller's bat with which he was martyred in 62AD. It is reputed to have come from Dale Abbey, by way of West Hallam Hall, and would therefore be 15th or early 16th century, judging by the style.
Chancel south window, C19, with figures set in architectural niches and with a background of acorns and oak leaves.