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St James

St James

Thrapston

Northamptonshire

C13 and C14, nave and aisles rebuilt 1841/42, vestry rebuilt 1888

Architectural Features

South elevation of chancel of 2-window range of C14 tall 2-light windows with geometrical tracery and transoms

Fine C14 five-light east window with geometrical tracery

North elevation of chancel is a one-window range with tall C14 window similar to south elevation

South aisle is a 4-window range of C19 tall 2-light windows with plain tracery and carved label stops

West door has 2-centred arch head with deeply splayed roll mouldings, 2-light window above, under 4-centred arch head, has carved label stops

Quatrefoil and diamond frieze with central gargoyles has corbel table with castellated parapet above

C14 triple chamfered tower arch, with polygonal responds

Some C19 carved label stops to nave and aisles

Monuments: arms of Sir John Washington, C17 Mayor of Thrapston and ancestor of George Washington, said to be reset from Montague House and Nos.3/5 Chancery Lane (q.v.). Various C18 inscribed tablets in floor of chancel

Elizabeth Darnell died 1831 and daughter, marble tablet, in chancel with seated figure above, holding a medallion, by E. Physick

2 early C19 inscribed brass tablets

Stained glass: fragment of pre C19 glass in south-west chancel window, east window by Wailes 1863, south-east chancel window is also C19

C19 octagonal font