St James's House is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. House, church, school. 6 related planning applications.
St James's House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-wattle-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House, church, school
- Address
- St James's House, 45, Elm Grove, SE15 5DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 340 763
- Coordinates
- 51.47014, -0.07209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St James's House is a house that has been converted into a church house and school, built around 1835. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with stucco facing and a storey band on the ground floor. The roof features gables covered in slate. The building has an unusual cross plan, with two-storey arms that run perpendicular to the street and three-storey "transepts" that run parallel to the street.
The entrance is accessed by stairs from the Elm Grove elevation, which has two windows; the corners are rebated, and there is a one-window range on the return. The eaves project outwards. The transept wings feature segmental bays designed to resemble banded rustication, each with a tripartite window that retains its original sash design. The main face of each transept has a one-window range, and the gable roofs of the transepts also have projecting eaves. The rear arm mirrors the arrangement of the arm that contains the main entrance. There are stacks located at the peak of the front gable and at the centre ridge of the transepts. Several windows have 6x6 sashes that are of an original design. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
St James's House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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