SS. Philip and James, is a Cruciform Church, Early Gothic in style, with a few French details. It consists of a broad Nave with small aisles on either side, a central Tower and Spire, the arches of which form the choir, and lead into an apse at the east end, which completes the Chancel. The south transept, standing out from the Tower and Spire, the arches of
which form the choir, and lead into an apse at the east end, which completes the Chancel. The south transept, standing out from the Tower, forms the Chapel called St. Mary’s Chapel; the corresponding transept of the north side being utilised for the organ, which is elevated, with vestry beneath. The approaches are a shallow porch at the west end, a porch leading to the south aisle, and a door direct into the Mary Chapel.

The western end is a gable with the porch before mentioned, above which are three lancet lights connected by a string‐course, and in the gable a quatrefoil light, with brackets on either side carrying the hood‐ mould.