page_title: St James' Parish Church, Wetherby
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: St James' Parish Church, Wetherby / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Arms - 1776 - St James' Church
context_page_description: St James' Parish Church is an Anglican parish church serving the parish of Wetherby with Linton in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.
context_section_description: The church is aligned east to west and has a west tower.  The tower is tall and in two stages with blue clocks in west, north and south faced in deeply-chamfered recesses with hoodmoulds.   There are three light louvred belfry openings with hoodmoulds.   The nave and tower are constructed of sandstone and was completed in 1842 in the Gothic revival style. The chancel was added in 1877 and a porch was built in the 1990s.  The north side has access to the crypt.  The south side has the old and new entrances and a rose window.  The chancel has a lean-to south vestry with exterior shouldered-headed door and a two light window with hood moulds.  The east window is of five lights and of ornate stained glass, each light divided by shafts while the bays have stepped three-light windows with round-arched hoodmoulds.
  Pinnacles on the tower were removed in 1939 after they became unsafe.  They were replaced by cap-stones. A porch was added in the 1990s and a ramp providing wheelchair access.
  A former Sunday School building on Church Street that opened in 1895 is rented to local organisations.  This is stone built with a pitched welsh-slate roof.
caption: Royal Coat of Arms
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