Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1949. A Victorian Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- watchful-chamber-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1949
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Church of St James, West Malvern Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 763 461
- Coordinates
- 52.11279, -2.34702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James was rebuilt in 1871 by the architect G E Street in the Early English style. It is constructed from Malvern stone with ashlar dressings and features a tiled roof. The church has a tower topped with a gabled roof. The west end was altered between 1925 and 1926. Inside, the nave and aisles consist of three bays supported by columns with foliated capitals. Notably, the altar rails are made of wrought iron and brass and were formerly part of the rails used in King Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey. These were presented to the church in 1870 by the Dean and Chapter.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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