Church of St James | |
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52°03′12″N 1°46′33″W / 52.0533°N 1.7758°W | |
Denomination | Church of England |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed building |
Specifications | |
Tower height | 119 feet (36 metres) |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Gloucester |
Parish | Chipping Campden |
The Anglican Church of St James at Chipping Campden in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 15th century incorporating an earlier Norman church. It is a grade I listed building. [1]
The early perpendicular Cotswold wool church, [2] was built in the 15th century but included elements of the Norman church which had been on the site since 1180. [3]
The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester. [4]
The building consists of a five- bay nave, three-bay chancel, two aisles and a five-stage west tower. [1] The tower is 119 feet (36 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles. [5]
The interior includes medieval altar frontals (c.1500), cope (c.1400) and 17th-century monuments includes a monument to silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks and his family. The includes a plaque to William Grevel, described as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England". [6]