| Church of St James the Great | |
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| Location | Southstoke, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°20′59″N2°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]