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St James

St James

Sale Green

Worcestershire

C12 origins, partly rebuilt C14

Architectural Features

C15 with C16 alterations, restored late C19, possibly by George Gilbert Scott.

Nave: C12 masonry in north and south walls, west end either rebuilt or refaced

west end has a 2-light C14 window and there are two similar windows in the north elevation and one in the south elevation

at the west end of the north elevation is a C12 lancet

to the left of it is the C12 round-headed doorway which has a similar smaller opposing door in the south elevation

the jambs of both doors were chamfered in C14.

The south aisle is of two bays with a separate roof and was added in C14

the east end window is C14

the south and west windows are both C16 and square headed

The north porch is C16, gabled and timber-framed on low C19 lias limestone side walls

Chancel: rebuilt late C15

INTERIOR: two-bay south arcade, C14

possibly recut C17

C16 wagon roofs, formerly plastered.

C17 altar table with spiral legs, mid-C17 altar rails and panelling made from former box pews

Jacobean rood screen with brattished rood beam and widely-spaced balusters

pews are probably C17

octagonal font with moulded base.

South aisle has C15 tiles set on west wall, a blocked piscina in the south wall, an image bracket on the east wall, a C17 altar table and two parish chests, one of which is decoratively carved and probably late medieval.

Memorials: in the south aisle is a wall memorial in black and white marble to Sir George Wintour, died 1658, with Corinthian columns and a coat of arms

in the chancel is a brass inscription tablet to Adrian Fortescue, died 1653, in a C20 wooden surround.

Glass: south and west aisle windows contain fragments of C15

C16 heraldic glass

east window of chancel has a restored Crucifixus with the Virgin and St John of the early C16.

A small medieval church containing some good C17 fittings

C15 tiles.