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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

List entry Number: 1237437

Location

CHURCH OF ST JAMES, SUSSEX GARDENS W2

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

County	District	District Type	Parish
Greater London Authority	City of Westminster	London Borough

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II*

Date first listed: 25-Sep-1951

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

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 428698

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

TQ 2680 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER SUSSEX GARDENS, W2 65/8 25.9.51 Church of St. James GV II* Church. 1881 by G.E. Street, with west chapel (formerly chancel) of 1841-3 by Goldicutt and Gutch. Church oriented with chancel to west. Decorated style. Yellow brick. Knapped flints and stone dressings. 4-bay nave, clerestory, lower chancel. 2 stage tower to east with spire recessed behind quatrefoil parapet, corner pinnacles with flying buttresses; and 5-light window to base. 3-light windows to aisles, with flowing tracery; set in knapped flint walls. Clerestory with paired 2-light traceried windows. Interior: 2-bay chancel with 7-light flowing traceried east window, and timber tierceron vaulting. 3 oculi above chancel arch. Nave with cloistered piers to pointed nave arcade; coved roof to nave adorned with figures of angels; marble cladding to spandrels of arcade and to aisle walls. South east (liturgical) chapel with central timber column. Victorian stained glass to rest of windows. Marble font, pulpit and inlaid reredos. London Vol II, N Pevsner.

Listing NGR: TQ2663280923

Selected Sources

1. Article  Reference - Author: Pevsner, N and Cherry, B - Title: London 2: South - Date: 1983 - Journal Title: The Buildings of England

National Grid Reference: TQ 26632 80923

Map

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