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St James

St James

Temple Cloud

Somerset

Late C12, C15 west tower, minor late C19 restoration.

Architectural Features

Concrete tiles to nave, slates to chancel and south porch.

Sundial dated 1698 below eaves on south-east corner of chancel.

Nave has C12 chancel arch on square abacii and to the south-east wall a blocked Transitional arch with damaged roll moulding and inserted section of Early English tracery.

Coved plaster roof with ridge rib and carved bosses.

Nave, at the tower arch, has Norman font with scalloped undersides, roped neck and moulded plinth.

Wooden Jacobean font cover.

Fragments of wall paintings (C13 -C17) on nave north and south walls, chancel arch jambs and a dacalogue over chancel arch.

C15 benches with square-headed ends, polygonal Jacobean pulpit dated 1637 with arched panels and strapwork, also tester and reading desk.

2 early C19 monuments to Rees-Mogg family on nave north wall.