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St James

St James

Bulkington

Warwickshire

Early C13 nave and south aisle

Architectural Features

late C13 north aisle

C14 chancel

C14/C15 tower

C15/C16 south clerestory

Tile roofs have C19 coped gable parapets and cross finials

Large C15/C16 straight-headed south-east window of 3 Tudor-arched lights

south side has similar windows with remains of carved beasts to staircase in west corner, and painted clock face to second stage

Aumbry to south has ogee arch and leaf carving

Nave has 5-bay arched brace roof with carved stone corbels

Early C13 north and late C13 south 5-bay arcades of 2 chamfered orders, octagonal piers and half-octagon responds

Carved heads between arches are all C19 except that to the north west

Late C13 tomb recess in north wall has moulded inner and chamfered outer orders, and remains of shafts

Fittings: font carved and given by Richard Hayward of Weston Hall (q.v.) in 1789 has small white marble bowl with reliefs of the Baptism of Christ etc. on 3 dolphin feet

base made from an antique Roman column drum of coloured marble has oval panel with an inscription and date

Encaustic tiles and other fittings of c.1865

Stained glass

Monuments: north aisle: wall monument to his parents by Hayward 1781

Relief of a mourning woman surrounded by Gothic ruins, and below a sarcophagus inscription panel and mourning angels