[1] The description in the NHLE states it is "of outstanding interest as a medieval church with an unrestored 18th-century interior".

[1] In the Buildings of England series, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner wrote "Inside there are few churches in the county which have so well preserved an 18th-century village character".

[1] In 1881 a new church, dedicated to Saint Andrew, was built nearer to the village centre and this superseded St James'.

Its plan consists of a nave and chancel under one roof without any structural division, a northeast chapel, a south porch, and a west tower.

At the southeast angle is a projecting octagonal stair turret which rises higher than the tower.

Over the monument is a canopy with a round arch supported on classical columns, with a cornice with his arms.

In the north window of the chapel are fragments of stained glass, with parts of Sir Edward's arms, his motto, and other lettering.

It was possibly originally designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1881 for members of the Buxton family of Easneye.

[9] Another stone monument dates from the 19th century and is surrounded by traceried cast iron railings.

[12] Another monument consists of weathered oak timbers dating from the 18th century, with an illegible inscription.

[14] Media related to Saint James the Greater Church (Stanstead Abbotts) at Wikimedia Commons