Former Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1954. A Medieval Church. 3 related planning applications.
Former Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- far-forge-dew
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Former Church of St James, Whitefriars, NR3 1SU
- OS grid reference
- TG 234 093
- Coordinates
- 52.63597, 1.30034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Church of St James is a Grade I listed building located on Whitefriars. This former parish church, now used as a Puppet Theatre, dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is constructed of flint with stone and brick dressings, featuring brick and slate roofs. The church includes a west tower, nave, chancel, south aisle, and south porch.
The short three-stage tower is supported by internal arched supports and has a brick octagonal top stage with two-light windows on the north and south sides, both featuring Y-tracery. The two-storey porch is integrated within the west end of the aisle, with an outer doorway that has a two-centre arch and attached shafts. Above the door is a three-light window with a central statue pedestal.
The church has a four-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, with three-light Perpendicular windows throughout. The early 16th-century three-bay arcade and two-bay chancel arcade are supported by octagonal piers and feature four-centre arches. The chancel arch is also notable, along with the scissor-brace nave roof.
Local climate
Former Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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