Church of St James the Great is a Grade II* listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1959. Church.
Church of St James the Great
- WRENN ID
- veiled-outpost-tarn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1959
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James the Great, Gamlingay Road, Waresley-Cum-Tetworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 249 545
- Coordinates
- 52.17506, -0.17402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James the Great is a parish church built between 1855 and 1857 by architect William Butterfield for Charles Duncombe. It is constructed of coursed limestone ashlar and features steeply pitched tiled roofs. The church has a slender northwest porch tower topped with a broach spire, which is roofed with oak shingles. The nave has an aisle on the north side, with the Duncombe mausoleum located on the south. To the north of the chancel are the vestry and organ chamber. The windows and doorways are designed in the style of the late 13th century.
Inside, the north arcade consists of three bays, with a narrower bay to the west. This arcade features single chamfered two-centred arches with labels and mask stops, supported by round columns with moulded capitals and bases. The chancel arch mirrors this design, consisting of two chamfered orders with the inner arch resting on corbels carved with angels. The wall separating the mausoleum from the nave is pierced by three lancet windows with foiled heads. The chancel is adorned with polychrome tiles arranged in a geometric pattern. The stained glass windows are contemporary with the church, with the east and south windows in the chancel attributed to Gibbs, and the north window attributed to Burne-Jones. Additionally, the pews, communion rail, font, and tiled floor were all designed by Butterfield.
Local climate
Church of St James the Great sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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