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St James

Southam CP

Warwickshire

With C15

Architectural Features

early C16 and C19 alterations and additions

Fish-scale tile chancel and porch roofs with flashing

Chancel of C14 origins

rebuilt C15

3 part-restored C15 windows to south, each of 3 cusped and ogee-headed lights with moulded surround

C19 vestry to east with one C13-style 3-light window to east and one C13-style lancet to north

C14 nave with aisles widened C15

Early C16 clerestory

North aisle has two C15 windows to east of porch, each of 3 ogee-headed lights within square-headed chamfered surround

Hood mould with carved foliage labels

South aisle has 3 windows to south, that towards east C19 in C15 style, of 3 cusped lights within a segmental pointed-head surround

Restored windows to east and west of porch, each of 2 cusped lights with C15 tracery

Double plank doors within pointed, moulded, arch with columns with carved foliage capitals and moulded bases

North and south windows of two C13-style lancets

Early C16 clerestory of 8 windows, each of 2 scalloped lights with 4 trefoiled tracery lights within hollow-moulded, 4-centred-head surrounds with continuous hood mould

C14 tower of 3 stages with moulded plinth

string course at second stage and hollow-moulded eaves cornice with carved heads in hollow

Part-restored C14 west window to first stage of 2 cusped lights within ogee-headed surround

C16 west door immediately below, with moulded shoulder-arched surround

C14 two-light windows with moulded surrounds to all faces of third stage, with pointed light to second stage south

C15 octagonal broach spire, part rebuilt at top, with pinnacles on broaches and 2 tiers of lucarnes

C14 rood-loft doorway

C15 double-chamfered chancel arch

Hood mould with C19 carved head labels

Early C16 roof with moulded tie-beans, moulded rafters and moulded purlins

Carved wood bosses representing Tudor roses

angels and foliage

Traceried brackets support tie beams, and rest on carved head and angel corbels

C19 north aisle roof with C17 chamfered-beam south aisle roof

2 moulded, pointed-arched, tomb recesses in south aisle wall, with C14 ogee-headed piscina with fluted basin

Fragments of medieval wall painting remain on west wail

C17 polygonal pulpit

with carved tracery panels

Wall tablets in south aisle to the Wood family, late C18, and to members of the Barnacle family, died 1741 and 1781, also one dated 1745, with carved surround

Two C17 chests in nave, one dated 1620

C19 polygonal pulpit in south aisle. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.VI, pp.222-4

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