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St James

St James

Castle Bytham

Lincolnshire

3 stage early C13 tower has plinth, chamfered string courses, embattled parapet with cusped lozenge frieze and gargoyles.

Architectural Features

In the north aisle 2 early C14 3 light windows, cusped Y tracery, and a similar 2 light window to the north.

Long early C13 gabled north porch, with engaged triple shafts to the reveals, moulded capitals and double chamfered arch, human head label stops to hood.

C14 continuously moulded inner doorway.

C14 clerestory of 3 two light windows, rounded heads to the lights, sunk spandrels, hood moulds, ballflower eaves frieze.

North transept north window, late C13 of 3 lights, plate tracery with sunk trefoils and quatrefoils.

C14 chancel with continuously moulded pointed doorway and 2 two light curvilinear traceried windows with mouchettes.

Late C13 east window of 3 lights with roll moulded mullions and surround with deeply sunk roundels and quatrefoil to the head.

C13 south transept, a lancet to the east and 3 stepped lancets to the south under single chamfered arch.

Late C12 3 bay north arcade, circular responds but octagonal piers, waterleaf and facetted capitals, double chamfered round arches.

Early C13 tower arch, circular responds, facetted capitals, double chamfered arches.

Above, a small C12 round headed window with a blocked opening to the right and evidence of another opening to the left.

A further late C12 archway to the south transept has octagonal responds and double chamfered round arches.

In the east wall of the north transept a C13 piscina.

Double chamfered C13 chancel arch with to left a blank arch, a former squint, now with C19 carved rear panel

to right a 4 centred C15 doorway to rood loft.

Nave roof appears to be C14 with moulded tie beams on wall posts with simple corbels.

In the chancel a C14 piscina with hacked back cusps and a c.l900 carved wooden reredos.

On the north wall a C14 Easter Sepulchre with bold hollow cusped and crocketed ogee arched canopy with pinnacles and ball flowers.

Early C17 octagonal font with panelled sides containing abstract decoration, a stepped cross and the Sacred Monogram.

In the nave a fine brass candelabrum dated 1816.

C19 stained glass, and a ladder at the west end of the nave made from the village maypole of 1660.

C10 Saxon cross shaft with cable moulded angles, floral decoration to the sides and interlace to the panels.

Monuments.