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Church Of St. James The Less
Church of St James the Less may refer to: United Kingdom * St James the Less' Church, Ashted, Birmingham * St James the Less and St Helen Church, Colchester, Essex * Church of St James the Less, Hadleigh, Essex * Church of St James the Less, Hambridge, Somerset * St James the Less Church, Lancing, West Sussex * Church of St James the Less, Longton, Staffordshire * Saint James the Less, Pockthorpe, Norfolk * St James the Less, Pimlico, London * Church of St James the Less, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire * Church of St James the Less, Tatham, Lancashire United States * St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland * Church of St. James the Less, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania {{disambiguation, church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Less' Church, Ashted
St James the Less’ Church, Ashted was a former Church of England parish church in Ashted, Birmingham. History The church was originally the family home of Dr. Ash which he had built in 1780. This house was 56 ft by 56 ft. It was converted into chapel of ease to Aston Parish Church on 9 October 1791 and known as Ashted Chapel. In 1809, it was purchased by George Simcox and J.L. Green for £1,200, and they spent a further £1,500 rebuilding it. It was consecrated in 1810. The church contained a Nave and Chancel, choir vestry, clergy vestry, western vestibule, north west porch, south west porch and a western semi-circular baptistry. The circular cupola-tower contained a set of eight of Harrington's tubular bells. In 1853 land was taken from Aston Parish Church to form a parish. It was repaired in 1829 when a new vicar, Revd. Josiah Allport, was appointed and arrived to find it closed and without a roof. under the supervision of Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Less And St Helen Church, Colchester
St James the Less and St Helen Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Colchester, Essex, England. It was built in 1837 and designed by Joseph John Scoles. It is situated on Priory Street between the junction with East Hill and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School in the city centre. Next to it is the church hall which was built in 1911 and designed by Alexander Scoles.Colchester - St James the Less and St Helen from , retrieved 23 January 2016 History Foundation At the end of the eighteenth century, the Roman Catholic community in Colchester consisted of exil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Less, Hadleigh
The Church of St James the Less, is a grade I listed church in Hadleigh, Essex. The church is of predominantly Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norma ... construction with the chancel and nave dating to the 12th century. References Grade I listed churches in Essex Hadleigh, Essex {{England-Anglican-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Less, Hambridge
The Church of St James the Less is a Church of England parish church in Hambridge, Somerset, England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1842–44. The church has been a Grade II listed building since 1988. Adjacent the church is a former national school, which was built in 1844 and is also Grade II listed. History The Church of St James the Less was built as the district church for Hambridge and Westport. Prior to its construction, inhabitants were between two and three and a half miles from the parish church of St Andrew at Curry Rivel. The plans for the church were drawn up by Benjamin Ferrey of London and Mr. Maurice Davis of Langport was hired as the builder. A plot of land was purchased for £140 and the church built for an approximate cost of £800. A grant of £120 was received from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Church Building Association. The foundation stone was laid on 20 June 1842, and the church and its cemetery were consecrated by the Bishop of Salisbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Less Church, Lancing
St James the Less Church is the Anglican parish church of Lancing, an ancient village which has been absorbed into the modern town of Lancing in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in the 12th century in the most northerly of the three settlements in Lancing parish, which has Saxon origins. The present building is mostly 13th-century in appearance, and structural work has been carried out several times since—particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the church was restored from a ruinous condition. English Heritage has listed the church at Grade I for its architectural and historical importance. History The name ''Lancing'' suggests Saxon influence (the ''-ing'' suffix implied, in Saxon terms, a temporary settlement), and remains dating from the 6th century have been found nearby. At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, the Lord of the Manor of nearby Broadwater, Robert le Savage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Less, Longton
The church of St James-the-Less is in Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire Longton is one of the six towns which Federation of Stoke-on-Trent, amalgamated to form the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910, along with Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Bu ..., Stoke-on-Trent, England. History St James-the-Less is a Commissioners' church which was built in 1833-4. It cost £10,000. With a capacity of 2000, it was intended to provide for the rapidly growing population of Longton. Other Commissioners' churches were built in the Staffordshire Potteries around the same time, for example, St Mark's, Shelton, Staffordshire, Shelton, which is slightly larger. Not long after the completion of St James', one writer suggested that its size was perhaps optimistic given the strength of Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist denominations in the area. However, it is still an active parish church. Architecture It is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James The Less, Pockthorpe
St James the Less, Pockthorpe (also once known as St James, Cowgate or St. James at Barr-gates) is a redundant church located just inside the medieval city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. First recorded in 1180, the church served a small city parish; the area it served was greatly expanded during the English Reformation to include both the hamlet (place), hamlet of Pockthorpe (just outside the walls) and an adjoining part of Mousehold Heath. The current church may have replaced an earlier 11th- or 12th-century building. The church was restored in 1885. It was placed in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust in 1973. It became a shelter for the homeless before becoming the home of the Norwich Puppet Theatre, which opened in 1980. The church's architectural style is Perpendicular Gothic. It was built using flint, Freestone (masonry), freestone, and brick. The nave is separated by Pier (architecture), piers that assist in supporting the brick-topped tower, which, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Less, Pimlico
St James the Less is a Church of England parish church in Pimlico, Westminster, built in 1858–61 by George Edmund Street in the Gothic Revival style. A Grade I listed building, it has been described as "one of the finest Gothic Revival churches anywhere". The church was constructed predominantly in brick with embellishments from other types of stone. Its most prominent external feature is its free-standing Italian-style tower, while its interior incorporates design themes which Street observed in medieval Gothic buildings in continental Europe. History The church was Street's first commission in London, which he took on after his widely admired work in the diocese of Oxford and at All Saints, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, where he delivered buildings in Polychrome brickwork, polychromatic red brick and stone. He had also published in 1855, to considerable acclaim, his book ''Brick and Marble Architecture in Italy''. In 1858, he was commissioned by the three daughters of the Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Less, Sulgrave
The Church of St James the Less, Sulgrave, is the Church of England parish church of Sulgrave, a village and civil parish about north of Brackley, Northamptonshire. The present church dates largely from the 13th and 14th centuries and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. Architecture Sulgrave has had a church since the Anglo-Saxon era, although not on the current site. An earlier stone church is believed to have stood about north of the present one, on higher ground near the windmill. The church on the present site was built in the 13th century, when the Cluniac Priory of St Andrew, Northampton held the advowson. At least some material from the original church was used in the rebuilding. Most notable is a triangular-headed doorway, characteristic of Anglo-Saxon architecture, that has been re-set as the west door of the west tower. This may date from the 10th century. The bell-openings to the top stage of the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Less, Tatham
The Church of St James the Less is in the village of Tatham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Wilfrid, Melling, St John the Baptist, Tunstall, St Peter, Leck, the Good Shepherd, Lowgill, and Holy Trinity, Wray, to form the benefice of East Lonsdale. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It stands above the flood plain of the River Wenning. History A church has been present on the site since at least the Norman era. Most of the fabric of the present church dates from the 15th century, with elements remaining from the Norman period and from the 13th century. The tower was rebuilt in 1722. In 1885–87 the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin added a saddleback roof to the tower. They also carried out an extensive restorati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
