Church of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
winter-mantel-blackthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St James, Pool Lane, Ince, CH2 4NJ
OS grid reference
SJ 449 763
Coordinates
53.28129, -2.82657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a Grade II* listed building, partly rebuilt in 1854 by Edward Hodkinson. It is constructed of red sandstone and features a nave, a north aisle, a chancel, and a south porch, all roofed in grey slate, along with a west tower. The chancel includes a 14th-century three-light east window with original simple tracery, and two 15th-century two-light square-headed windows on each side wall. The tower, built around 1485-1493 by Simon Ripley, was raised by two courses in 1854 and has diagonal buttresses, with two-light traceried windows in the upper storey and a blank niche in the west wall below. The nave (including the aisle) and porch were completely rebuilt in 1854 in the perpendicular style.

Inside, there is a 17th-century oak arch-braced collar roof in the chancel. The church houses bells dated 1622 and 1636, a late 17th-century altar rail with spiral turned balusters, a carved oak sanctuary chair from 1634, and an early 18th-century brass candelabrum in the chancel. The church also features 19th-century stained glass.

Local climate

Church of St James receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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