St James' Chapel is a 13th-century chapel located near the village of

Lindsey Lindsey may refer to : Places Canada * Lindsey Lake, Nova Scotia England * Parts of Lindsey, one of the historic Parts of Lincolnshire and an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 ** East Lindsey, an administrative district in Lincolnshire, ...

, Suffolk, England. Built in 1250 of

flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...

, brick and stone, the small church served as the

chantry chapel A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings: # a chantry service, a Christian liturgy of prayers for the dead, which historically was an obiit, or # a chantry chapel, a building on private land, or an area i ...

for nearby Lindsey castle. The chapel was in use until 1545 when it was dissolved as a "free chapel". After dissolution, the King granted the property to Thomas Turner, who converted the building into a barn. St James' chapel is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade I

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and

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Description

In 1250 AD, St James' Chapel was founded as a chantry chapel for the Castle of Lindsey, near Lindsey, Suffolk, England. The medieval church was constructed with brick, stone and flint. It measures x , and is also in height, from floor to roof line. The 13th century structure was also includes reused stones from an earlier era. Lancet windows and a stone arched doorway survivie in the original south wall. On the north wall, two original windows have been bricked in and plastered over. A third original window was converted to a doorway. A three-light window remains in the east wall. The west wall contains a bricked up window and a brick doorway. The church also contains a late 13th-century

piscina A piscina is a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church, or else in the vestry or sacristy, used for washing the communion vessels. The sacrarium is the drain itself. Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Roman Ca ...

(shallow basin) with trefoil arch.

History

The chapel, dedicated to St James the Apostle, originated as a

for the nearby Lindsay Castle, which today has no surviving structural remains.National Heritage information board at the property, October 2012 The chapel remained in use as a parish church after the castle was abandoned at the end of the 13th century. The church was repaired in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. The repairs included the lowering of the roof and the installation of roof timbers. The chapel was possibly shortened in length during this time. St James' continued as a chapel until 1545 when it was dissolved as a "free chapel". In 1545, Thomas Turner was granted the chapel by the king, which he later into a barn. It is believed that the tie-beam roof covered with thatch was added during the barn conversion, replacing the original tile roof.

Gallery

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References

Grade I listed churches in Suffolk Scheduled monuments in Suffolk English Heritage sites in Suffolk Chapels in England Babergh District {