Church of St Philip and James is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1991. Church.
Church of St Philip and James
- WRENN ID
- grey-stone-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1991
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Philip and James, Markfield Road, Groby
- OS grid reference
- SK 523 076
- Coordinates
- 52.66376, -1.22793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Philip and James is a parish church built in 1840 and later extended in 1912, designed by W. Railton and H.F. Trayler. It is constructed of random coursed Mountsorrel granite with sandstone ashlar dressings and features Swithland slate roofs. The church includes a small western tower, nave, and chancel. The three-stage tower has stepped angle buttresses, chamfered string courses, and an embattled parapet. Each side of the belfry stage has a single narrow pointed louvred light. The nave's side walls are adorned with pairs of lancet windows, while the chancel, added in 1912, features two-light cusped traceried windows set in moulded and pointed surrounds. The gabled south porch has a plain pointed outer arch. Inside, there is a moulded and pointed chancel arch and a softwood western gallery. All the fittings date from the 19th century.
Local climate
Church of St Philip and 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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