Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1984. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- stony-foundation-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, St James's Gardens W11, W11 4RE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 241 803
- Coordinates
- 51.50828, -0.21318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a church built between 1844 and 1845, designed by Lewis Vulliamy. It is constructed of gault brick with stone dressings. The main elevation faces along Addison Avenue, creating a symmetrical appearance that closes the vista. The church is designed in an Early English/Geometrical style, featuring a central tower with a four-light window and an entrance below, along with a parapet and pinnacles. There are gables on either side for the aisles and lancet windows in the clerestory. The chancel is short and low, and there is a subsidiary entrance on the western side. Inside, the church has tall iron Gothic piers and plays an important role in the planned layout of the area.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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 0.3°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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