Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
vacant-joist-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Church
Address
Church of St James, Thornton Road Bd13, BD13 3AB
OS grid reference
SE 105 327
Coordinates
53.79083, -1.84157
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a Grade II listed parish church built in 1870 by T.H. Healy. It is a large, simple structure made of sandstone "brick" with ashlar dressings. The church features a tall nave with shallow cusped lancets in the clearstory and low aisles that have triple groups of lancets. There are rose windows on both the west and east sides. A tall southeast tower, which serves as a prominent landmark on the Thornton hillside, has plain quoin buttresses at the bell stage, string courses, false machicolation, and a broached stone spire. Inside, the church has a spacious layout with a south aisle arcade. The font, dating from 1679, comes from the old chapel and has a small octagonal bowl. The east window is adorned with late stained glass by Morris and Co.

Local climate

Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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