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St James

Architectural Features

chancel incorporating some C12 remains.

C16 west tower and south chapel, and north transept of 1870 by A. Hartshorne.

slate and plain tile roofs with stone copings.

Inside is a C12 doorway of two orders of colonettes with carved cushion capitals, including a green man motif

Cusped lancets with hood moulds terminating in carved heads.

C12 chancel arch of three orders

the outer and inner orders are carved with zig-zag, the central order is roll-moulded.

The font and nave of St James' church in Longdon.

Composite font.

The font and nave of St James' church in Longdon.

© Philip Halling

C12 basin with diagonal reeding and upper band of fan-like motifs.

C13 stem carved with stiff leaf, from Lichfield Cathedral.

Monuments.

Chancel: Edmund Green, died 1691, oval tablet

South chapel: two C17 incised slabs

Thomas Orme memorial by E. Stanton, 1717, fluted Corinthian pilaster and semi-circular pediment broken by a bust and flanked by cherubs.

Elizabeth Ester, died 1869, by Peter Hollins, sarcophagus and two child angels.

Stained glass.

C14 glass in the north-east and south-east windows of the chancel.