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St James

Cardington

Shropshire

C12 nave

Architectural Features

c.1300 chancel in one, C13 west tower with C14 belfry

south porch dated 1639

plain tile roof.

south side: 3 restored C14 windows with 2 trefoil- headed lights

Y-tracery, small chamfered lancet off-centre to left and tall C12 round-arched window high up off-centre to right

C12 round-arched south doorway to left of lancet has one order of shafts with moulded bases and carved capitals (one with stiff leaf), and nail-studded boarded door with strap hinges, inscribed: " CW / 16 A 48 RC WB"

restored timber framed south porch with chamfered stone plinth (raised at sides to form low cill), formerly open sides with turned balusters (inserted C20 glazing), carved scroll brackets supporting moulded bressumer dated: carved struts in gable, moulded barge W boards, and pair of C19 gates with ID PP turned balusters

blocked former 16 39 C12 south doorway or side-chapel arch in centre of nave (apex interrupted by inserted C14 window above) with chamfered reveals, and carved red sandstone stiff leaf capital to left

North side: restored C14 window to left with 2 trefoil-headed lights and Y-tracery

narrow C12 round-arched window high up off- centre to left, and 2 blocked C12 round-arched doorways, one in centre and one to right with large red sandstone tympanum.

C13 tower arch of 2 orders with inner hollow-chamfered and outer roll-moulded with fillet

C13 cinquefoiled piscina with chamfered arch and 2 quatrefoil-shaped bowls

C19 eagle lectern

C19 choir stalls, C17 octagonal wooden pulpit with primitively carved mermen in panels

C19 pews, some with carved initials and place-names (possibly some reused C17 work)

stone font of 1868 in memory of the Rev. William Jones Hughes M.A. has triple shafted stem with moulded bases and chamfered capitals, round bowl with chamfered top, and octagonal wooden cover

C17 parish chest

monuments: Chief Justice Leighton of Plaish with figure stiffly reclining on side, arch behind with strapwork cartouche above and kneeling figures of family on tomb chest

several C18 and early C19 stone and brass tablets.

C9

D. H. S. Cranage, An architectural account of the churches of Shropshire, Part 2, pp.77-9 B.0.E., pp.818-9