Parable of the Sower Capital

W. Pearce (attributed)

1861

Marble

G. E. Street's St James the Less, Westminster

Vauxhall Bridge Road, London

Front elevation

Part of the east wall, exterior

Adam and Eve rondels

Main door

Interior with east windows by Clayton and Bell

Altar, showing Street's richly detailed east wall

Ironwork by the choir stalls

Ironwork screen to the side of the pulpit

Chancel wall Venetian glass mosaic by G. F. Watts (replacing his earlier mural here)

Stone pulpit

St James the Less (stained glass)

Marble font

Wall plaque

Photograph and text Jacqueline Banerjee [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]

References

Jackson, Neil. "The UnEnglishness of G. E. Street's Church of St. James-the-Less." Architectural History. 23 (1980): 86-94.

Mitchell, Anthony and Olive. Thomas Earp: Eminent Victorian Sculptor. Buckingham: Baron, 2002.

Speel, Bob. "St James the Less, Vauxhall Bridge Road."

Watkins, Philip. The Church and Its History: St James the Less (1994; 8-page pamphlet available at the church).

Weinreb, Ben and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, rev. ed. 1992.

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Last modified 15 February 2008