Church of St James, Chipping Campden

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Church of St James
Coordinates: 52°03′12″N1°46′33″W / 52.0533°N 1.7758°W / 52.0533; -1.7758
Denomination Church of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Specifications
Tower height119 feet (36 metres)
Administration
Parish Chipping Campden
Diocese Gloucester
Province Canterbury

The Anglican Church of St James at Chipping Campden in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 15th century incorporating an earlier Norman church. It is a grade I listed building. [1]

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History

The early perpendicular Cotswold wool church, [2] was built in the 15th century but included elements of the Norman church which had been on the site since 1180. [3]

The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester. [4]

Architecture

The building consists of a five-bay nave, three-bay chancel, two aisles and a five-stage west tower. [1] The tower is 119 feet (36 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles. [5]

The interior includes medieval altar frontals (c.1500), cope (c.1400) and 17th-century monuments includes a monument to silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks and his family. The includes a plaque to William Grevel, described as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England". [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Church of St James". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  2. "St James Church, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire". English Churches. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. "History". St James' Church, Chipping Camden. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. "St James". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. Flannery, Julian (2016). Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 322–329. ISBN   978-0-500-34314-2. OCLC   965636725.
  6. Pilbeam, Alan (2011). Gloucestershire 300 Years Ago. The History Press. ISBN   978-0-7524-9673-3.