Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. A Georgian Church.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
salt-flint-scarlet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Telford and Wrekin
Constituency
Telford MP: Shaun Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
Church
Period
Georgian
Address
Church of St James, Church Road, Stirchley and Brookside
OS grid reference
SJ 699 067
Coordinates
52.65738, -2.44519
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a small 18th-century brick church featuring a 12th-century stone chancel. The chancel includes small round-headed lancet windows on the north side and a south window with Y-tracery. The Georgian nave and west tower are constructed of red brick with stone dressings and may cover earlier masonry. The building has stone quoins and two round-headed windows on the south side. The west tower features a round-headed doorway on the west side, a window above it, and small round-headed bell openings in the later bell stage, topped with a pyramidal roof that has a finial and weathervane. There is a north aisle, built around the early 19th century, made of brick with round-headed windows. Inside, the church boasts a fine Norman chancel arch with two orders of shafts that have scalloped and foliage capitals, along with three orders of arches decorated with chain-links and zigzags. The interior also includes 18th-century high box-pews, a reader's desk, and a pulpit, as well as a gallery in the north aisle that dates from 1838.

Local climate

Church of St James receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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