St James the Elder, Horton is a parish church in

Horton, Gloucestershire Horton is a village and civil parish on the Cotswold Edge, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It is about north of Chipping Sodbury. The nearest settlement is Little Sodbury, about a ...

. It is a Grade 1

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

. It was originally built in the twelfth century and rebuilt in the fourteenth century, with alterations in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and restorations in 1865. It was listed in 1961. The church contains monuments to Ann Austin (died 1731), the Paston family, and Francis Charles Owen, Baron de

Tuyll The Tuyll family is a Dutch noble family, with familial and historical links to England, whose full name is Van Tuyll van Serooskerken. Several knights, members of various courts, literary figures, generals, ambassadors, statesmen and explorers ...

(1885-1952). The church is next door to

Horton Court Horton Court is a stone-built 16th century manor house in Horton, near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It is a grade I listed building. Originally a Norman manor, the current house was built in about 1521 by Rev. William Knig ...

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* Church of England church buildings in Gloucestershire Grade I listed churches in Gloucestershire {{England-Anglican-church-stub