Church of Saint James is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. Church.
Church of Saint James
- WRENN ID
- lunar-zinc-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North MP: Mrs Elsie Blundell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint James, Chapel Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 850 138
- Coordinates
- 53.62139, -2.22693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint James, located on Chapel Lane in Heywood, was built in 1789. It is constructed from watershot hammer dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The church has a rectangular plan with twin west doors and a small vestry attached to the north side. The elevation consists of five bays by two bays, with quoins and semi-circular arched west doors that include a fanlight, keystone, and square cut jambs. There are two tiers of semi-circular headed windows, all with stone surrounds, impost blocks, keystones, timber Y tracery, and leaded glass. The east window has three tall lights and is similarly detailed, featuring stained glass. The roof is pitched and topped with a cross finial. The interior is plain and does not have a gallery.
Local climate
Church of Saint James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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