The tiny hamlet of Rigsby has the church of St. James built by the prolific Louth architect James Fowler in 1863.

It is in neo-Norman style though Fowler re-used a genuine Early Norman arch inside.

Mark Acton, 2007

The small neo-Norman church of St James has a pleasant rural location on the slope of the Wolds to the west of Alford.

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View from the East of the semi-circular apse which contains the chancel.

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Kelly's Directory 1930 states :-

"The church of St. James, rebuilt under the direction of the late Mr. Jas. Fowler, of Louth, and re-opened in 1865, is a small edifice of Ancaster stone, lined with white brick, in the Norman style, and consists of nave, with eastern apse, transeptal vestry on the north side and an open belfry on the western gable, containing one bell :

the inner portions of the doorway of the west front, and the arch between the nave and vestry are remnants of the ancient Norman church :

the stained wheel window in the west front was given by Lady Mary Nisbet-Hamilton, and one in the apse is a memorial to Mrs. Higgins :

there are 50 sittings" 

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The elaborate bell-turret of St James's, corbelled out and with a spirelet, is described by Pevsner as "just High Victorian".

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This octagonal font came from the medieval church in the parish and dates from the Perpendicular period.

Each side of the octagon has three cusped arches with panel tracery above.

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The interior is in yellow brick with bands of red brick.

The chancel is contained within a small semi-circular apse.

The arch over the vestry door (front left) dates from the early Norman period in contrast to the mid-Victorian construction elsewhere.

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"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF RICHARD MAYNARD BUDIBENT WHO DIED AT POTCHEFSTROOM, SOUTH AFRICA NOV 3RD 1901, AGED 19 YEARS"

A casualty of the Second Boer War?

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"SACRED TO THE Memory of William Kingston Gent who departed this Life the 1st Septr 1792 aged 60 ... "

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The richly decorated tiled reredos above the altar.

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The rose window in the west wall of the church.

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The rose window in the west wall of the church has coloured Victorian glass in a repeating pattern.

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