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Listed Building: CHURCH OF ST JAMES, WIRKSWORTH ROAD (1158731)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1081, 3, 57
Date assigned 10 March 1986
Date last amended

Description

'PARISH OF IDRIDGEHAY AND ALTON WIRKSWORTH ROAD SK 24 NE 3/57 Church of St James II Anglican Church. 1854-5 by H I Stevens of Derby in the Decorated style. Ashlar girtstone on a shallow plinth, with coped gables with cross finials, and graduated slate roof. Nave, nave porch, chancel, north aisle and north east tower with broach spire and lucarnes. Decorated traceried windows beneath hoodmoulds with stops, with stepped buttresses between windows, and diagonal buttresses to corners. Half- timbered porch to nave south east wall, with decorative bargeboards to gable and 'Y' struts above pointed entrance archway. Deeply moulded pointed arch to south east door. Angle buttresses to tower, with ashlar bands delineating tower stages. Pierced quatrefoils to second stage, and pointed arched lights with louvres to bell stage. Contemporary furnishings. Listing NGR: SK2855049023.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1158731?section=official-list-entry.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 28550 49023 (point)
Map sheet SK24NE
Civil Parish IDRIDGEHAY AND ALTON, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Apr 7 2023 12:33PM

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