St James'

St James' was consecrated 11th November 1857 and cost £2,000 to build. This edifice has been completed within

the last two years, entirely at Capt. Langdon's

expense.

The church is in the Gothic style, beautiful in its

simplicity, as churches should be. The old church

porch and the fine old arched doorway have their

proper places. The windows are all of the lancet

kind. On the roof, at the east end, there is a stone

cross-the token of which we are not to be ashamed

and on the opposite end is a raised niche for the

bell. The whole building is of light but durable

sandstone, well wrought. There is everything in this

little church to remind the devout of the ' House of

Prayer,' where our forefathers worshipped in England.

Restoration was undertaken in 1936 and again in 1957.

Our thanks to Ross Escott for her photographs taken in June 2022.