Building record 0467000000 - ST JAMES' CHURCH, DORNEY

Summary

Medieval and post-medieval parish church of St James, Dorney with sixteenth and seventeenth century additions.

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Listed Building (I) 1162809: CHURCH OF ST JAMES

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Type and Period (1)

PARISH CHURCH (12th Century to 17th Century - 1100 AD to 1699 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0020 m Width 0006
Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
Grade I. Parish Church. C12 and early C16 tower. Porch 1661. North Chapel early C17. Random rubble walls; old tile roofs. Chancel with Gothic trefoil window and east rectangular window. Other windows with mullions. Tower, red brick, stepped stone quoins. Fairly complete fittings; monuments. RCHM I, pp.127-129 (B4).
C12 CHANCEL & NAVE WITH C13 & C14 WINDOWS & C.1530 BRICK TOWER WITH STONE DRESSINGS. N CHAPEL, BRICK, EARLY C17 & S PORCH OF BRICK, CLUNCH & FLINT PANELS DATED 1661. EXTERIOR PARTLY COVERED WITH CEMENT. INSIDE: C12 FONT, C16 SEATS & C17 GALLERY (B1-3).
(STATE IN 1637) (B5).
LIST OF RECTORS & VICARS (B1).
Brick and flint foundations to the chancel and south porch were seen in a watching brief carried out between March and August 2014 by Thames Valley Archaeological Services during draining works. See report for detail (B10).

Sources (10)

<1>SBC7743 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP274-276.
<2>SBC15705 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP224-225.
<3>SBC12766 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 PP127-129.
<4>SBC4001 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: DISTRICT OF SOUTH BUCKS. p123.
<5>SBC5696 Bibliographic reference: GIBBS R 1889 STATE OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE PARISH CHURCHES IN C16 & C17 CENTURIES, RECSOFBUCKS6P246".
<6>SBC13805 Article in serial: E Clive Rouse. 1933. 'MURAL PAINTINGS AT DORNEY', IN RECS OF BUCKS 12 PP399-401. Vol 12.
<7>SBC4651 Article in serial: Katharine A Esdaile. 1947. 'THE RENAISSANCE MONUMENTS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 15 PP32-45. Vol 15.
<8>SBC10427 Map: OS 1961 SIX INCH MAP.
<9>SBC15141 Graphic material: TRAVERS W I & ROE C K 1904 PLAN OF CHURCH IN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE IN BUCK-S ARCH SOC PAMPHLET COLLECT.
<10>SBC24549 Unpublished document: Thames Valley Archaeological Service. 2015. Church of St James the Less Dorney: Archaeological Watching brief.

Location

Grid reference	SU 92494 79007 (point)
Civil Parish	DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire