Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1976. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- fading-gable-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Sutton Coldfield MP: Sir Andrew Mitchell (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1976
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5BW
- OS grid reference
- SP 120 989
- Coordinates
- 52.58811, -1.82387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James, located on Mere Green Road, was built between 1854 and 1855 by architect D R Hill. The main structure features a nave and a west tower, constructed with stone dressed cement rendering, and includes lancet windows, buttresses, and pinnacles on the tower. The east end, designed in the Arts and Crafts Gothic style, was completed between 1906 and 1908 by C E Bateman and showcases elaborate painted and carved decoration. The church also contains an ornate organ case.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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