St James's Church, Clerkenwell

Heritage listing

Details ISLINGTON TQ3182SE CLERKENWELL CLOSE 635-1/74/276 (East side) 29/12/50 Church of St James and attached railings GV II* Anglican church. 1788-92 by James Carr; steeple rebuilt 1849; restored by Reginald Blomfield 1882. Multi-coloured brick set in Flemish bond with Portland stone dressings, roof of Welsh slate. Chancel, nave, porch and vestibules under a single roof, tower and spire over the pedimented west gable. The east end has crypt windows and two levels above, all with plain stone architraves, the crypt and lower level segmental-arched, the upper level round-arched; central east window round-arched with gauged brick head and inset Palladian motif; shallow segmental-arched window to pedimented gable. The south side has slightly projecting outer bays with chamfered quoins and balustrated parapet: each bay has a flat-arched entrance flanked by Roman Doric columns carrying triglyph frieze, mutule cornice and pediment, that to the east blocked, that to the west with panelled door of original design; the entrance as a whole recessed under a round arch of gauged brick with double keystone; above each entrance a round-arched window with broad plain stone surround, recessed under a round arch of gauged brick; between the bays four windows to three levels detailed as for the east end; a modillion cornice runs the full length of the south side; parapet. The north side is detailed like the east end but with no enrichment and two-storey parish hall attached under a separate roof. The west end has a centrepiece under the tower faced with Portland stone, with brick wings to either side detailed as for east end; central flat-arched entrance set back under a round arch with Gibbs surround; round-arched window above set back twice under round arches and once under a flat arch

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.