Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1966. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- sacred-shingle-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Litchfield and Woodcott
- OS grid reference
- SU 432 548
- Coordinates
- 51.29151, -1.38068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James, built in 1853, is a Grade II listed building located in Woodcott, Litchfield and Woodcott. It is a single cell structure featuring a south porch and a north vestry, designed in the Early English style. The church has single and coupled lancet windows, along with a traceried window at the east end. The roof is tiled, and there is a western bell turret above the gable. The walls are constructed of squared knapped flint with flush stone dressings, and the building includes cusped lights, a pointed archway leading to the porch, and diagonal buttresses at the corners, as well as one intermediate buttress. Inside, the furnishings are plain, with the reading desk and pulpit showcasing attached carvings of Flemish origin from the 17th century.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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