Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1992. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St James
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1992
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Uttoxeter Road, City of Stoke-On-Trent, ST3 1PX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 914 431
- Coordinates
- 52.98541, -2.12898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a church built between 1833 and 1834, designed by J Trubshaw as a Commissioners Church. It is faced with sandstone ashlar and features a west tower, a nave with two aisles, and a chancel. The three-stage tower has a simple hood mould over the west door and a Perpendicular style window above it, along with a clock and paired foiled bell chamber lights. Polygonal angle buttresses rise to form pinnacles, and the embattled parapet is adorned with traceried panels. The aisles, divided into six bays by buttresses that also form pinnacles, have decorated style windows and embattled parapets. The north porch slightly projects from the aisle's building line. Above, the clerestory features two-light traceried windows and a parapet. The apsidal chancel includes Perpendicular style two-tier windows with hood moulds supported by corbel heads.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is reported to have a polygonal east end with a window from 1874 by Cappronier, along with north and south vestries, a sacristy, and an organ chamber, which are partly modifications from around 1889. There is a stone west gallery with vestibules and stairs in the western aisle bays, a truss roof, pews, and a notable monument by Baily from 1843.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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