Old Church of St James, Upton

Old Church of St James
Location Upton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°03′19″N 3°27′34″W / 51.05528°N 3.45944°W / 51.05528; -3.45944Coordinates: 51°03′19″N 3°27′34″W / 51.05528°N 3.45944°W / 51.05528; -3.45944
Built 14th century
Governing body Churches Conservation Trust
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Remains of the Church of St James
Designated 8 April 1959[1]
Reference no. 429589
Location of Old Church of St James in Somerset

The Old St James's Church is a former church in the village of Upton, Somerset, England, of which only the tower remains, overlooking Wimbleball Lake. The tower is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church was declared redundant on 4 November 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 24 May 1973.[3]

The church had a square chancel and rectangular nave, which together were 20.12 metres (66.0 ft) long and 3.96 metres (13.0 ft) wide.[4]

The only parts of the 14th-century church which remain are from the lowest courses of the nave and chancel, and the tower,[2] which has three stages and was unbuttressed,[1] however a buttress was added to the south east corner in the 19th century.[1] The tower was made safe in 1973.[4]

The current parish church of St James was built in 1870 to replace this church,[5] as it was considered too far from the village.[4]

The bells from the church have been reused elsewhere including one at the St John the Baptist in Pitney and one in Green Point, New South Wales, Australia.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic England, "Remains of the Church of St James, Upton (1248084)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 August 2013
  2. 1 2 St James' Tower, Upton, Somerset, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Bath and Wells: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 6, retrieved 2 April 2011
  4. 1 2 3 "MSO8364 - St James' Church and Churchyard, Upton Farm". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Historic England, "Church of St James, Upton (1263817)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 31 August 2013
  6. ↑ "Green Point, NSW, Australia, Chapel". Keltek Trust. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pitney, Somerset, St John the Baptist". Keltek Trust. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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