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St James

St James

Papplewick CP

Nottinghamshire

C14, rebuilt 1795 for Frederick Montagu of Papplewick Hall.

Architectural Features

Most windows are C13 style double lancets with Y tracery.

West tower, 2 stages, has moulded string course and eaves band with 4 gargoyles.

Moulded doorway and above it, re- set C13 carving

C14 finial.

Above, chamfered and rebated tower arch, C14.

East end has stained glass window by F. Eginton, 1795, incorporating C15 fragments.

South side windows have fragments of C15 stained glass.

Fittings include C12 font with broken round bowl with blind arcading on stepped and chamfered base.

Font, 1795, with moulded marble bowl on reeded wooden stem.

Moulded square walnut pulpit, 1795, with ogee headed panels.

C19 and C20 benches, stalls, desk, lectern and altar rail.

Early C18 chip-carved chest.

Memorials include 2 large marble wall tablets with Arms, flanking pilasters, urns and obelisks, late C18, to Lady Wearg and Charles Montagu.

C18 hatchment.

4 incised cross slabs, C14.

Ashlar and bronze War Memorial tablets, 1918 and 1945.