St James's Church in Draycot Cerne, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England was built between 1260 and 1280.[2] It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] It was declared redundant on 1 June 1994, and was vested in the Trust on 17 May 1995.[4]
| St James's Church | |
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| Location | Draycot Cerne, Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′22″N 2°05′42″W / 51.5062°N 2.0949°W |
| Built | c. 1300 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Church of St James |
| Designated | 20 December 1960[1] |
| Reference no. | 1200500 |
  Location of St James's Church in Wiltshire | |
The church stands in parkland near the site of Draycot House, a manor house demolished c. 1955.[5]
The name of the church has been changed over the centuries. It was All Saints' in the later 12th century and St. Peter's in the 18th century; it has been St James since the later 19th century.[5] The church has an Early English chancel which is lower than the floor of the 13th-century nave. The two-stage west tower dates from the 16th or 17th century and is supported by diagonal buttresses.[1] The church was altered and restored in the 19th century.[3]
There were wall paintings in the chancel in the 15th and 16th centuries.[5] The interior includes a Gothic pulpit and box pews.[6] There are also Victorian stained glass windows by Ward and Hughes and monuments including a Perpendicular tomb chest and a 13th-century knight's effigy, of either Phillip or John de Cerne.[1] A memorial bust by Joseph Wilton to Sir Robert Long is set on a marble bracket designed by James Wyatt.[7] The gothic painted tomb of Sir Thomas Long is within the church,[8] along with tombs and memorials to members of the Long family.[9] Some of the oldest tombs are to the de Cerne family from the 12th and 13th centuries.[10] Sir Edward de Cerne is commemorated with a monumental brass on his tombstone.[11] Henry of Cerne was the rector of the church in 1304.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St James, Sutton Benger (1200500)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 December 2013
- ^ CCT Guidebook to St James's Church Draycot Cerne, by Tim Couzens, 2010
- ^ a b St James' Church, Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 30 November 2017
- ^ Diocese of Bristol: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 4, retrieved 1 April 2011
- ^ a b c d Baggs, A.P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1991), Crowley, D. A. (ed.), "Parishes: Draycot Cerne, in: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred", British History Online, Victoria County History, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ "St James' Church, Draycot Cerne", Visit Wiltshire, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ WSHC Ref 2943B/2
- ^ "Sir Thomas Long Tomb at St. James, Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire", Duncan & Mandy Ball, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ "St. James, Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, England", Duncan & Mandy Ball, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ "Draycott Cerne, St James", The Medieval Combat Society, retrieved 4 September 2016
- ^ Mumford, James, "Archaeological Watching Brief Report: St James Church Draycott Wiltshire" (PDF), Oxford Archaeological Services, retrieved 4 September 2016
