---
title: "St James, Leckhampstead"
description: "Located in Leckhampstead, Berkshire. Built c.1858–60. Diocese of Oxford. Grade II*. High Victorian Gothic style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Berkshire","Leckhampstead","Grade II*","High Victorian Gothic","S S Teulon"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-james-leckhampstead"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:01:03.531Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T16:00:26.516Z"
location: "Leckhampstead, Berkshire"
country: "England"
county: "Berkshire"
town: "Leckhampstead"
address: "Shop Lane, Leckhampstead, Berkshire, RG20 8QQ"
postcode: "RG20 8QQ"
built: "c.1858–60"
consecrated: "30 October 1860"
architect: "S S Teulon"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["James"]
diocese: "Oxford"
grade: "II*"
style: "High Victorian Gothic"
materials: "Knapped flint with brick dressings and bands; Bath stone cills and tracery; tiled roofs"
website: "https://stjamespcc.com/"
openingHours: "The church is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide a place of worship, peace and shelter whenever it is needed."
parish: "Leckhampstead"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313057"
gridReference: "SU 439 759"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St James, Leckhampstead

St James’s is a Grade II* parish church on Shop Lane, Leckhampstead, West Berkshire, in the Diocese of Oxford, a High Victorian village church by S. S. Teulon.

## Overview

Historic England records a church of about 1858–60 by S. S. Teulon: knapped flint with brick dressings and bands, Bath stone cills, tracery and some stone quoins, and tiled roofs. The plan is nave, south aisle, south porch, chancel, a rudimentary tower and transepts at the crossing, and a north vestry. Inside, polychromatic brickwork has banding and diapering. The nave is three and a half bays with an arch-braced roof and a four-bay south arcade on square piers. Fittings include a three-light east window of the Ascension by Lavers and Barraud, a reset seventeenth-century timber pulpit, and a reset eleventh-century cup-shaped stone font with vine carving.

Village and Church Heritage Record accounts state that the church replaced a medieval chapel at Chapel Farm, Hill Green, pulled down in 1859. The Revd John Robinson, vicar of Chieveley, largely met the cost of £1,745. The foundation stone was laid on 3 May 1859; the original builder, Taylor of Sunbury, went bankrupt and was succeeded by Child, Son & Martin of London. The church was consecrated on 30 October 1860. A later roof repair removed it from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1313057](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313057)
- [St James, Leckhampstead](https://stjamespcc.com/)