Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1955. Church, almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-trefoil-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1955
- Type
- Church, almshouses
- Address
- Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses, Spring Bank Road, New Mills, SK22 4BH
- OS grid reference
- SK 000 858
- Coordinates
- 53.36993, -2.00058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses were built in the 1880s by W Swindon Barber. They form a unified composition on the north and west sides of a court, extending to Nos 1 to 6 St James’s Square. The buildings are constructed of stone with green slate roofs. The almshouses, located to the west and north, connect with the church at the northeast corner, adjacent to the roadway. The almshouses have gabled facades, featuring mullion and transom windows and doorway openings in the form of pointed arches. The church has lancet windows on the sides and in the hexagonal apse, while the western gable includes a bell cote with coupled lights containing tracery. The windows have dripmoulds with human mask terminals. A porch provides access from the road. The interior is typical of the period and contains stained glass.
Local climate
Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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