Church of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1964. A Medieval Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- steep-gutter-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1964
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St James, Church Lane, Barton-Under-Needwood
- OS grid reference
- SK 187 185
- Coordinates
- 52.76411, -1.72294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a parish church located in Barton-under-Needwood. It dates back to 1517 and was built by Dr John Taylor, a local ecclesiastic and chaplain to Henry VIII. The church is constructed of stone and features embattled parapets. It includes a nave and aisles, with the aisles having been widened in the 19th century. The nave and chancel still have their original low pitched roofs. Inside, there are several monuments, including a notable alabaster mural monument from 1691 dedicated to Joseph Sanders and a marble tablet commemorating Edmund Antrobus and his wife from 1732 and 1728, respectively.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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