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St James

St James

Shere

Surrey

C12 Norman tower and north nave wall, C13 south aisle and chapel, lengthened in C14 with C14 chancel, restored in 1895 by S. Weatherley who added the vestry

Architectural Features

Two stage plain tower with tall single bell openings in upper stage and round arched Norman two-light window to north side

C14 east window to south chapel/aisle - a large circle with four quatrefoils in two tiers

Big curvilinear C15 north window to shortened "transept" and two lancets to south side of south chapel

C16 Perpendicular window to south aisle

Fine C17 studded and panelled door

Crossing arches of differing dates: north arch and arch from chancel into south chapel early C14, all with three orders and attached octagonal piers under simple moulded tops

C13 arch between south aisle and chapel with Petworth marble shafts and crocketed capitals

Fittings: north chancel wall - quatrefoil window and squint C14 - belonging to Anchorite Cell ? Piscina on wall and traces of wall painting on soffit of east window arch

C13 stone font with big central stem and four corner shafts under stiff leaf capitals supporting a bowl with three scallops to each side

Some medieval stained glass fragments - C14 glass in east window

Monuments: east wall, north side: To Thomas Duncombe died 1714

Brasses in chancel wall: To Robert Scarcliff, Rector of Shere, died 1412, and John Lord Audley, died 1491

Figure in armour with delicate linear design - restored in 1911