Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1999. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- proud-corridor-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sefton
- Constituency
- Southport MP: Patrick Hurley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1999
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Lulworth Road, PR8 2AT
- OS grid reference
- SD 326 162
- Coordinates
- 53.63842, -3.01957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James was built between 1856 and 1857, likely with later enlargement, by A Rimmer. It is constructed from coursed, rock-faced red sandstone rubble with steeply pitched slate roofs. The church’s architectural style is inspired by the 14th century.
The building comprises a nave with a west steeple, north and south porches, gabled wings to the second bay of the nave, twin-gabled north and south transepts, a large chancel, and various gabled side offices to the south, with the largest being embraced by a lean-to extension on the east side of the transept.
The four-stage tower has diagonal buttresses and a short, broach spire. It features a two-light west window and coupled lancet belfry windows; the spire has lucarnes on two levels. The gabled porches have side buttresses and doorways in the east sides. The south wall has stepped three-light windows with cusped lights in the first, fourth, and fifth bays. The wings to the second bay, and each gable of the transepts, have two-centred arched three-light windows with differing tracery. The roof has three gabled wooden dormers, each with four arched lights. The chancel has a large east window of five cusped lights with elaborate tracery in the head.
The interior is a single vessel and features queen strut roof trusses and steel tie-rods, along with good stained glass windows.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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