Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- waning-alcove-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Main Street, Drayton
- OS grid reference
- SP 830 922
- Coordinates
- 52.52145, -0.77791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. James is a very small church that dates back to the medieval period but was rebuilt in 1878-1879. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and features a Welsh slate roof. The church is a single storey and has a west double lancet window, while the north wall is blank. There is an east lancet window and an iron frame with a bell above. At the gable apex, there is a stone cross. The south side has a door. Inside, there is a restored, possibly reset, pair of raised cruck blades.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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