The Parish Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C12 (remainder mainly C14); spire medieval date Church.
The Parish Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- hollow-clay-thunder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St James, Ewhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 795 245
- Coordinates
- 50.9925, 0.55725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St James is a Grade I listed building located in Ewhurst Green. It features a chancel, a nave with aisles, and a west tower. The south arcade and the base of the tower date back to the 12th century, while the majority of the church was constructed in the 14th century. The tower is topped with a twisted broached shingled spire, which is made of timber-framed construction and is also of medieval origin.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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