Information for record number MWA1657:
Church of St James, Church Lane, Weddington

Summary The Church of St. James, which was built during the Medieval period. It is situated 150m north west of Church Lane, Weddington.
What Is It?  
Type: Church
Period: Modern (1301 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 93
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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9 Church. Early 14th century north transept, now vestry. Chancel, nave and tower rebuilt 1733 at expense of Gilbert Adderley. Gothicised by Arthur Blomfield 1881. Sandstone splay plinth throughout is probably medieval. Flemish bond brick with stone dressings. North transept of regular coursed sandstone. Plain-tile roofs with terracotta ridge cresting and stone-coped gable parapets. Chancel, nave, west tower, south porch, north vestry. 13th century style. Two-bay chancel, four-bay nave. Three-light east window has bar tracery and hood mould with foliage stops. Moulded sill course steps down and continues across north and south sides. South side has a two-light and north side a one-light window with similar tracery. All openings throughout have brick voussoirs. Moulded stone cornice. Porch has buttresses flush with front. Doorway of two moulded orders with nook shafts, hood mould with foliage stops, and double leaf doors. Sides have paired trefoil windows. Nave has three windows with cusped Y-tracery, and moulded sill course. North side is a similar one-window range. Transept has renewed straight-headed traceried three-light east window. Buttresses in east and west angles. North side has blocked medieval window with hood mould and remains of head stops. Quatrefoil windows inserted to left and right. Plain gable. West wall has two large slate headstones attached. Left headstone, dated 1734, has inscription to Gilbert Adderley: 'He built this Church at his sole expence in 1733'. Right: Thomas Adderley 1757. Fine large coat of arms. tower of two stages with stone splay course between. Clasping buttresses with gablets. West doorway has moulded outer and chamfered inner order, and plank door. Hood mould with head stop. Two-light bell-chamber openings have cusped Y-tracery, wood louvres and hood moulds with foliage stops. South side has two-light window with round-arched plate tracery below bell opening. Rose window to east has Star of David tracery. Steep pyramid roof has lucarnes and weathervane. Interior is plastered. East window has moulded arches, attached shafts and hood mould. three-bay boarded barrel roof. Chancel arch of 1881 of two chamfered orders, the inner with half-octagonal responds, and hood mould with head stops. Nave has 14th century north arch of two chamfered orders and hood mould; late 20th century enclosed screen. Trenched purlin roof has chamfered tie and collar beams with braces. Fittings: early 12th century font bowl has intersecting blind arcading; 19th century stem. Hexagonal pulpit of 1733 has bolection and fielded panels. Cut-down 18th century panelled pews. Late 19th century encaustic tiles and other fittings. Stained glass: nave south-east by Kempe and tower 1916.
1 Chancel, nave, North transept, South porch and West tower. North transept probably early 14th century. Chancel, nave and West tower rebuilt in red brick in 1733. The building was restored in 1881 when Gothic windows etc. were inserted. font with early 12th century bowl; monuments to the Adderley family of the late 16th century onwards; 18th century pulpit. A Church at Weddington is mentioned in 1291.
3 1881 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. The style is that of 1300, handled without zest. The vestry is of stone and older.
4 Mainly red brick with Bath stone dressings of 1733. Further alterations and additions by Blomfield in 1881, including fenestration and tiled belfry over West tower.
5 Weddington Church is noted in Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire. In 1967 the Church was in normal use.
6 Eval north of the existing nave and west of the 14th century north transcept, revealed no traces of an earlier structure. No grave cuts were discerned.
7 Construction of a new fence was not seen to disturb any archaeology, the area was recently added to the churchyard.
8 Information from Alan Cook show that human bone along with some sandstone blocks were recovered from the work carried out at the Church in 2000.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
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Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1947
Page Number: 2
Volume/Sheet: Warwick
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 8
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Email from Alan Cook on 23rd August 2011
Author/originator: Cook A F
Date: 2011
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 6
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation at St James's Church, Weddington
Author/originator: Coutts C & Jones R
Date: 2000
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 0004
   
Source No: 9
Source Type: Statuatory List
Title: National Heritage List for England
Author/originator: Historic England
Date:
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card, 37SW8
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1967
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 37SW8
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 39SE2
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1951
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 39SE2
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Watching Brief Report
Title: W/brief St James' Church, Weddington
Author/originator: Bryn Gethin
Date: 1999
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

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monument VESTRY * A room or part of a church where the vestments, vessels and records are kept. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument FONT * A vessel, usually made of stone, which contains the consecrated water for baptism. Use a broader monument type if possible. back
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