The Anglican Church of St JamesatChipping Campden in the Cotswold DistrictofGloucestershire, England was built in the 15th century incorporating an earlier Norman church. It is a grade I listed building.[1]
| Church of St James | |
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  Church of St James
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| 52°03′12″N 1°46′33″W / 52.0533°N 1.7758°W / 52.0533; -1.7758 | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed building |
| Specifications | |
| Tower height | 119 feet (36 metres) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Gloucester |
| Parish | Chipping Campden |
The early perpendicular Cotswold wool church,[2] was built in the 15th century but included elements of the Norman church which had been on the site since 1180.[3]
The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[4]
The building consists of a five-bay nave, three-bay chancel, two aisles and a five-stage west tower.[1] The tower is 119 feet (36 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles.[5]
The interior includes medieval altar frontals (c.1500), cope (c.1400) and 17th-century monuments includes a monument to silk merchant Sir Baptist Hicks and his family. The includes a plaque to William Grevel, described as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England".[6]
