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Nave

St James' Church

Description / History (pre-1642)

The nave is spacious, with slender octagonal columns and 6 bays, the W bay (16' approximately) wider than the rest (13'). The tower is at the W end. The chancel was separated from the nave by a 3-storey rood screen until 1561.

The roof was replaced in the early 19th c. but 6 carved oak angels from the medieval nave roof survive, 2 on display in the N chapel at the E end of the church, 3 in the parish church of Mavis Enderby, Lincolnshire, and 1 in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A number of decorative 15th c. corbels remain in the nave and aisles.

Located in Lincolnshire : Louth
Venu Type: Church
Performance Space: Nave
Length: 93.5
Width: 33