St James' Church, Chignal St James is a former parish church in Chignal St James in Essex, England.
The building has a 13th or 14th century nave with flint rubble walls including some freestone and Roman brick fragments, limestone and brick dressings and a tiled roof. The east and south walls of its chancel seem to have been rebuilt and a stairway to a rood loft added, both in the early 16th century, though the building has never had a chancel arch. It was restored in the 19th century and its north porch is modern.'Chignall', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 2, Central and South west (London, 1921), pp. 44-46
The church was declared redundant on 18 March 1981. It was converted to a private dwelling in 1989 by Patrick Lorimer.Essex Churches - Chignal St James A garage was added in 2008 following an archaeological dig.Church of St James, Chignal St James, Essex - Archaeological Monitoring and Recording, 2008
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