Church of St James, Southstoke
| Church of St James the Great | |
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| Location | Southstoke, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°20′59″N 2°21′55″W / 51.34972°N 2.36528°W |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 1 February 1956[1] |
| Reference no. | 1277046 |
  Location of Church of St James the Great in Somerset | |
The Church of St James is an Anglican parish church in Southstoke, Somerset, England. It was built in the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Dedicated to James, son of Zebedee, known in England as St James the Great,[2] the original 12th-century building was altered in the 15th century. Further restoration was undertaken in the 1840s and 1850s when the chancel and south aisle were rebuilt.[1] However, the north door is Norman.[3] Pevsner says of it
Low Perp. w. tower. Nave with Norman n. doorway. One order of columns, both patterned with a lozenge design, but the r. one in addition with two alternating smaller motifs in the lozenges. Lintel with low-pitched top, chip-carved. Tympanum with a trellis pattern of roll-mouldings. Arch with rosettes, three-dimensional zigzag and a kind of flat plait. S. aisle and chancel 1845 and c. 1850. Pulpit – stone, polygonal, probably Perp.[4]
Pevsner also noted in the 1950s that the church plate included an Elizabethan chalice and a paten by Thomas Parr marked for the year 1700.[4]
The parish is part of the benefice of Combe Down with Monkton Combe and South Stoke within the archdeaconry of Bath.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Historic England. "Church of St James (1277046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ H. G. Canvin, The Church of St James the Great, Southstoke (1989, 4 pages)
- ^ Robin Bush, Somerset Villages (1995), p. 103
- ^ a b Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol (Penguin, 1958), p. 261
- ^ "St James the Great, South Stoke". A church near you. Church of England. Retrieved 23 September 2013.