Chapel of St James and St Christopher is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. Chapel.

Chapel of St James and St Christopher

WRENN ID
leaning-iron-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Constituency
Coventry North West MP: Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1955
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel of St James and St Christopher, Spon Street
OS grid reference
SP 324 790
Coordinates
52.40834, -1.5247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel of St James and St Christopher is a disused 15th-century chapel that was associated with the weavers, likely serving as a craft chapel. It is constructed of sandstone and features a pointed entrance arch, angle buttresses, and remnants of aisle arcades. There are also blocked pointed arched windows present. The chapel is part of a group of listed buildings along Spon Street.

Local climate

Chapel of St James and St Christopher receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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