Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1979. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-belfry-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1979
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Knatchbull Road, SE5 9QS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 318 765
- Coordinates
- 51.47243, -0.10364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a late 19th-century building, constructed between 1869 and 1870 by George Low. It was a gift to the neighbourhood from J L Minet. The church is built of Kentish ragstone rubble with Bath stone dressings, designed in the late 13th century style. It features high-pitched slated roofs. The church comprises a nave with a west portal, north and south aisles, gabled transepts, projecting north and south chapels, a lower apsidal chancel and a north tower with a stone spire. The nave has five bays, and a tall, wide arch leads to the chancel. The aisles and transepts contain good stained glass by Ward and Hughes, depicting apostles and parables. The interior includes an arch braced timber roof, with braces resting on corbels above the arcade arches. The doors feature good ironwork.
Local climate
Church of St James 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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