Church of St James, Chipping Campden explained

Church of St James
Denomination:Church of England
Tower Height:119 feet (36 metres)
Parish:Chipping Campden
Diocese:Gloucester
Province:Canterbury
Coordinates:52.0533°N -1.7758°W
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Pushpin Map:Gloucestershire

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]

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]

Notes and References

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