St James's Church, Draycot Cerne

St James's Church
Location of St James's Church in Wiltshire
Location Draycot Cerne, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates 51°30′23″N 2°05′44″W / 51.50639°N 2.09556°W / 51.50639; -2.09556Coordinates: 51°30′23″N 2°05′44″W / 51.50639°N 2.09556°W / 51.50639; -2.09556
Built c. 1300
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Church of St James
Designated 20 December 1960[1]
Reference no. 1200500

St James's Church in Draycot Cerne, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England was built around 1300. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1994, and was vested in the Trust on 17 May 1995.[3]

The church has an Early English chancel which is lower than the floor of the 13th-century nave. The tower dates from the 17th century and the church was altered and restored in the 19th century.[2]

The interior includes a Gothic pulpit and box pews. There are also Victorian stained glass windows and monuments including a Perpendicular tomb chest, a 13th-century knight’s effigy, said to be Phillip de Cerne,[1] and a bust by Joseph Wilton to Sir Robert Long.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Church of St James, Sutton Benger (1200500)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 December 2013
  2. 1 2 3 St James' Church, Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 1 April 2011
  3. ↑ Diocese of Bristol: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 1 April 2011


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