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.
Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- half-facade-raven
- 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, Churchill Lane, Churchill and Blakedown
- OS grid reference
- SO 879 793
- Coordinates
- 52.41209, -2.17834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James the Great is a parish church built in 1868 by W J Hopkins. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a tiled roof. The church consists of a nave, a chancel, and a tower located at the north-east corner.
The tower has three stages and is topped with a parapet that is pierced by quatrefoils. The belfry includes a window with two cinquefoiled lights set under a 2-centred head, which has chamfered reveals. The first stage of the tower has slit windows, and the north door features a 2-centred head with a label.
The nave is divided into four bays, supported by angle buttresses. From left to right, the bays contain a trefoil lancet, a south porch designed in a 14th-century style with timber framing, and the last two bays each have a window with two cinquefoiled lights under a 2-centred head. The chancel has two windows, each with two cinquefoiled lights under 2-centred heads, and the east window features three cinquefoiled lights under a 2-centred head with a label.
Inside, it is reported that there are recessed seats with canopies on either side of the chancel arch.
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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