Old Church of St James, Upton

The Old St James's Church is a former church in the village of Upton, Somerset, England, of which only the tower remains, overlooking Wimbleball Lake. The tower is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building,[1] and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church was declared redundant on 4 November 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 24 May 1973.[3]

Old Church of St James
Location	Upton, Somerset, England
Coordinates	51°03′19″N 3°27′34″W
Built	14th century
Governing body	Churches Conservation Trust
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Remains of the Church of St James
Designated	8 April 1959[1]
Reference no.	429589
Location of Old Church of St James in Somerset

The church had a square chancel and rectangular nave, which together were 20.12 metres (66.0 ft) long and 3.96 metres (13.0 ft) wide.[4]

The only parts of the 14th-century church which remain are from the lowest courses of the nave and chancel, and the tower,[2] which has three stages and was unbuttressed,[1] however a buttress was added to the south east corner in the 19th century.[1] The tower was made safe in 1973.[4]

The current parish church of St James was built in 1870 to replace this church,[5] as it was considered too far from the village.[4]

The bells from the church have been reused elsewhere including one at the St John the Baptist in Pitney and one in Green Point, New South Wales, Australia.[6][7]