St James, Hereford
St James, Hereford
St James is a Grade II Gothic Revival parish church on Green Street, Bartonsham, Hereford, in the Diocese of Hereford, built for the expanding south-eastern suburbs in the 1860s.
- Location
- Hereford, Herefordshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Herefordshire
- City / town
- Hereford
- Address
- Green Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2QW
- Postcode
- HR1 2QW
- Built
- 1869; rebuilt after fire 1901–03
- Architect
- Thomas Nicholson; rebuilt by Nicholson & Hartree; vestry by Scriven, Powell and James (1959)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- James
- Diocese
- Hereford
- Parish
- St Peter with St Owen and St James, Hereford
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Gothic Revival (Geometric)
- Materials
- Three Elms quarry sandstone with Bath stone dressings; Whitland Abbey slate roof
- Grid reference
- SO 514 393
- Opening hours
- Please do check our website as this varies.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
- Website
- https://www.spsj.org.uk/
Overview
Historic England records a church of 1869 by Thomas Nicholson, Hereford Diocesan Architect, built by Gough of Bishop’s Castle. The new parish of St James, Bartonsham, was formed from St Owen’s on 14 December 1869 at the instigation of John Venn, vicar of St Peter’s. The plan is cruciform but orientated north–south so that the principal doors faced the new housing. Externally the walls are rock-faced Three Elms quarry sandstone with ashlar Bath stone dressings and Geometric tracery; the roof is Whitland Abbey slate. A planned tower and spire were never built; the first steps of a spiral stair survive off the porch.
A serious fire in 1901 gutted the church. Nicholson & Hartree restored it in 1902–03; Godwin of Lugwardine re-supplied encaustic tiles at half price. A vestry by Scriven, Powell and James was added in 1959. Interior details include Bath stone arcades with foliage capitals, a 1913 reredos by Groome and Bettington, stained glass by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, Powell of Whitefriars, and Archibald Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild, and a stone laid by the Bishop of Hereford in 1902 to mark the rebuilding.