Church of St James is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
winding-keystone-bramble
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1967
Type
Church
Address
Church of St James, Shorwell, PO38 2JZ
OS grid reference
SZ 478 812
Coordinates
50.62942, -1.32435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a parish church with origins dating back to the 13th century. The porch is believed to have been added in 1766, and the vestry was constructed in 1872 during extensive remodeling by R. J. Jones. The church is built from coursed stone rubble sourced from the Isle of Wight and features a tiled roof.

The nave and chancel are combined, with a bellcote located on the west gable, a south porch, and a southeast vestry. On the north side, there are four lancet windows, a blocked four-centred arched door, and a buttress. The west end includes corner buttresses and two central buttresses, along with two 19th-century trefoliated lancets. A 19th-century stone bellcote is topped with a weathervane.

The south side features three 19th-century lancets, one 13th-century lancet window in the chancel, and a 13th-century arched doorcase with a dripmould. The door is a 19th-century plank door with elaborate iron hinges. The east front has a 19th-century paired lancet window with a dripmould, above which is a 13th-century corbel head decorated with stiff leaf motifs.

The south porch, attributed to 1766 but appearing to be from 1872, has a gable with coping, a cross-shaped saddlestone, and kneelers, along with buttresses and an arched doorcase featuring hood moulding. The vestry from 1872 has a gable that incorporates a chimneystack and a double cinquefoil-headed window with a dripmould. The church was originally the private chapel of the De Kingston family of Kingston Manor.

Local climate

Church of St James receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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