St James' Church, Chignal St James

Former parish church of St James

St James' Church, Chignal St James was a former parish church in Chignal St James, to which it gives its name. It has a 13th or 14th century nave with flint rubble walls including some freestone and Roman brick fragments, limestone and brick dressings and a tiled roof. The east and south walls of its chancel seem to have been rebuilt and a stairway to a rood loft added, both in the early 16th century, though the building has never had a chancel arch. It was restored in the 19th century and its north porch is modern.^[1]

It was declared redundant on 18 March 1981. It was converted to a private dwelling in 1989 by Patrick Lorimer.^[2] A garage was added in 2008 following an archaeological dig.^[3]

References

1. 'Chignall', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 2, Central and South west (London, 1921), pp. 44-46
2. Essex Churches - Chignal St James
3. Church of St James, Chignal St James, Essex - Archaeological Monitoring and Recording, 2008