St James Chapel West Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A Medieval Chapel.
St James Chapel West Gate
- WRENN ID
- lost-stone-wind
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- St James Chapel West Gate, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 280 647
- Coordinates
- 52.27981, -1.5906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St James Chapel West Gate is a Grade I listed building dating from 1781, situated at the West Gate. The structure has origins in the late 14th century, possibly incorporating elements from an earlier building, and is located on the site of a gate that existed as early as 1129. It was part of the medieval town defenses and was extended to the west with a tower added in the early 15th century. The ground floor features pointed arches at either end of a ribbed vault. The first floor chapel underwent extensive restoration between 1863 and 1865 by G. G. Scott, who redesigned the windows, rebuilt the parapet walks, added flying buttresses, and refurnished the interior. The chapel is part of a group that includes West Gate and St James's Chapel, Nos 1 and 1A Brook Street, the Hospital of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and Nos 54 and 56 on the north side of High Street.
Local climate
St James Chapel West Gate receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% 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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