Church of St James the Great is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- tall-brick-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James the Great, Birmingham Road, Churchill and Blakedown, DY10 3JN
- OS grid reference
- SO 880 784
- Coordinates
- 52.40416, -2.17669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James the Great is a parish church located on Birmingham Road in Blakedown. It was built in 1866 by the architect G E Street and was extended in 1905. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a machine tile roof. The nave, chancel, and north aisle were added in 1905.
The nave consists of three bays, with a window to the left featuring two cinquefoiled lights and a trefoiled lancet. To the right, there is a gabled porch. The west window has three cinquefoiled lights set under a 2-centred head, topped by a timber bellcote with a shingled pyramidal roof. The chancel includes one trefoiled lancet and an east window with three cinquefoiled lights. The aisle has two windows with two pointed lights, and at the left end, there is a window with two cinquefoiled lights under a square head.
Inside, the church features a three-bay arcade leading to the aisle, which has two Tudor arches and a smaller 2-centred arch to the west. The bellcote is supported by a large arch-braced collar truss. Most of the fittings date from the early 20th century.
Local climate
Church of St James the Great receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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