St James

Late C14, early C16, 1879 rebuilding by W. Basset Smith of chancel and addition of south aisle.

3 stage early C16 tower in greenstone with facetted corner buttresses, tall plinth with quatrefoil frieze, chamfered string courses, embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles.

Above a C16 4 light panel traceried window with pointed, moulded surround.

AT the east end a matching 4 light window, and C14 east window of the chancel of 5 lights with reticulated tracery.

On the south side are 4 triple and 3 two light windows all with reticulated tracery, probably C14 reused.

At the west end a C14 continuously moulded and pointed doorway reset, a C19 light and a 4 light reticulated window.

4 bay C14 original nave arcades with octagonal piers and capitals, fleurons and double chamfered arches.

Tall C16 tower arch, with octagonal imposts and hollow moulded capitals and continuously chamfered outer arch.

C16 old nave roof with moulded principals.

Fittings all C19 including octagonal font with columnar base.

C19 stained glass.

Monuments in the Willoughby chapel are stone effigies of John, 2nd Baron Willoughby and his wife, Joan, d. 1348.

Male figure in armour with sword and shield, his legs crossed, feet resting on a lion.

The chest has quatrefoils in the panels, and paired angle pinnacles with crocketed canopies and figures of saints and angels.

Alabaster tomb effigy of John, 3rd Baron of Willoughby, distinguished in battle of Poitiers in 1356, d. 1372.

Alabaster effigies of Robert, the 4th Baron and his wife, d. 1396.

The male figure is in full armour with sword, his feet on a lion, his head on a crowned jousting helm.

A solitary brass figure is of Robert's second wife Margaret Zouche, d. 1391, feet on a dog, and surrounded by shields.

A pair of brass figures shows William the 5th Baron and his wife Lucy, d. 1410.

Large sideboard tomb to Richard Bertie and Catherine his wife, former Duchess of Suffolk, d. 1580 and 1582.

In front is a chest bearing armorial escutcheons, an inscription recording the deceased dated 1582, all with pilasters, plinth and moulded cornice.

The cornice is supported by 3 figures of a monk and 2 wildmen, each holding aloft a shield of arms.

The back of this monument forms the screen and reredos.

Finally on the north wall a tall sideboard tomb to Peregrine Willoughby, d. 1600, erected 1612, in alabaster, reclining figure of Lady Katherine, daughter of Peregrine, with a baby in the crib.

Above a standing figure of Peregrine in a niche, with strapwork embellishments, all supported on composite columns with a dentillated cornice.