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St James

St James

Parkham

Devon

C15 moulded coping and parapet, with frieze of chequered limestone and slatestone

Architectural Features

one-bay side walls have label moulds over C15 one-light windows with cinquefoiled heads and quatrefoil spandrels.

hood moulds over two C15 two-light windows with cinquefoiled heads to north, restored in C19

Two-bay north wall of nave has label moulds over two C15 three-light square-headed windows with cinquefoiled heads, flanking blocked C15 doorway.

4-bay south front has C15 offset buttresses and label moulds over late C15 three-light square-headed windows with cinquefoiled heads and mouchettes in spandrels

label mould over chamfered basket-arched doorway to east, with fleurons carved in spandrels.

C15 south porch, restored in 1875, has offset diagonal buttresses and moulded coping

Fine C12 south doorway

round arch of 3 orders, with imbricated ornament, three-quarter roll and chevron carving

at the top of the arch is a humorous carving of a head with bulbous nose, as if peering over the doorway

the imposts are carved with interlacing round arches and have Celtic-style head carvings

carving of ram's head adjoins scalloped west capital and carving of man's head adjoins east capital carved with volutes (as at Buckland Brewer (q.v.)).

Door has late C19 leaf applied to front of C15 framework.

The door is C19 but includes C15 applied tracery.

C15 four-bay north arcade with moulded stone arches, set on the usual quatrefoil-section piers, and Perpendicular capitals with foliate and floriated carvings on abaci.

Late C19 encaustic-tile pavement in chancel.

these have C15 moulded wall plates and corbels.

Plain choir stalls and pews, eagle lectern and wrought-iron candelabra with brass candle holders probably date from after 1875 restoration.

Mid C18 polygonal and panelled pulpit, with barley-sugar balusters to steps and carved frieze, is set on late C19 base.

Scalloped C12 font has late C19 ogee-shaped cover

late C19 stone base and plinth, surrounded by reset C15-16 Barnstaple-type tiles.

Monuments: C17 and C18 ledger stone at east end of south aisle and C17 inscription set in floor of choir.

North chapel: mid C18 monument with angels on broken pediment and Corinthian columns

monument to Thomas Saltren, d. 1753, by Jonathan Richard Veale of Plymouth, has heraldic cartouche set beneath fine black and white marble eared architectural frame flanked by scrolls and wheatear carvings

three mid C18 monumnts to west wall, which consist of urn on pedimented monument to centre flanked by tablets with swagged ornament.

North wall of nave has slate tablet in architectural frame to Richard Blinch, d. 1767, slate tablet set in nowy-headed architrave with plain pilasters to Susannah Nichols, d. 1696, scrolled marble tablet to T.J.W. Thomas, d. 1845, and monument to John Fortescue, d. 1710, with painted foliate-carved frame flanked by reversed acanthus brackets. (Buildings of England: North Devon, p. 133

National Monuments Record) )