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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT

List entry Number: 1226893

Location

CHURCH OF ST JAMES THE GREAT, LOWER CLAPTON ROAD E5

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
Greater London Authority	Hackney	London Borough

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 24-Apr-1951

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 424410

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

735/13/351 LOWER CLAPTON ROAD E5 24-APR-1951 (Northwest side) Church of St James the Great

II

Church. Nave of 1840-1 by E.C. Hakewill, 1902 Chancel by W.D. Caroe, and 1978 conversion of west end. Stock brick with stone dressings, and red brick 1902 work. EXTERIOR: Aisleless nave with 5 thin lancets in splayed stone surrounds, now part of the separate western conversion and terminating in a taller bay to west end with attached 1978 stair and lift tower. Tall 2-bay transepts culminate in lower polygonal chapels. Tall octagonal turret to southeast angle with stone spire, Latin inscription course and gargoyles below projecting cornice, then tall stone arcade above brick with stone pointed arch detail. Red brick chancel added 1902 with tall corner buttresses and 3 lancets to east end. North transept links to covered porch over footpath; south transept has main porch in east corner. INTERIOR: Crossing has wooden roof with 4 bosses; transepts and nave have wooden tie beams with slender struts above tie beam. Chancel arch with slender clustered piers, quatrefoil details to spandrels, and short colonnettes with foliate capitals and corbelling to outside of aisles. North organ chamber with aisle behind arcade leading to vestry. Delicate wooden arcade to each chancel aisle and screen to sanctuary with painted wooden reredos. East window has Christ flanked by St. James and St. John; south aisle has St. Anna, St. Simeon, the Sower and the Light of the World. Wooden choir stalls with Art Nouveau flower detail. Stone font in north transept. Transepts behind 2-bay arcade with tall slender clustered piers; nave behind 1978 concrete block partition, where original roof and inserted floors.

A church of 1840-41 by E.C. Hakewill with 1902 Chancel by W.D. Caroe that has an impressive turret and spacious interior with fine detailing.

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National Grid Reference: TQ 34842 86070

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