Listed Building record MDR12348 - St James's Church, New Road, Chinley

St James's Church, New Road, Chinley, c1874. 'For the convenience of the inhabitants of Bugsworth, a chapel was erected in 1874 and dedicated to St James. It is a handsome edifice, in the Gothic style, capable of seating 280 persons, and consists of chancel, nave, porch, and belfry, which contains one bell. The three windows in the east end are filled with stained glass.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 08 SW PARISH OF CHINLEY, BUXWORTH AND BROWNSIDE NEW ROAD 3/88 (North Side) CHURCH OF ST JAMES GV II Church. cI874. Architect - J Lowe. Gritstone rubble with quoins. Ashlar gritstone dressings. Slate roof with fish-scale banding and terracota ridge. Stone coped gables with kneelers. Coped bellcote to west. Single cell building with polygonal apse to east. North and south vestries, acting as transepts externally. South elevation - three pairs of twin lancet windows with leaded lights. Three butresses, one to west side of each window. To west glazed wooden, gabled porch with cusped decoration and cusped windows to sides. To east vestry has two-light flush mullion windows with arched lights. Polygonal apse has lancet windows to sides. East window has geometric tracery. North elevation, very similar to south, except for porch. Interior - contemporary pews, font and other fittings. Scissor truss roof. Central south window has abstract stained glass designed I962 by T Cocke. Listing NGR: SK0215482168.' (2)