Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lone-pediment-pigeon
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St James, the Street, Egerton, TN27 9AJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 908 475
- Coordinates
- 51.19535, 0.72961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a Grade I listed building originally serving as a Chapel of Ease to Charing. It is constructed from Kentish ragstone and features a chancel with a north chapel, which is now used as a vestry, a nave with a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower that has three stages. The tower includes an octagonal vice turret at the north-east corner, which is designed to support a beacon, along with buttresses at the other corners. The church is adorned with gargoyles. The chancel, north chapel, and north aisle date back to the 14th century, while the nave, south porch, and west tower were built in the 15th century. The nave has three bays and includes two crown posts, a piscina, and triple sedilia. The churchyard features several table tombs, oval bodystones, and 18th-century headstones decorated with skull, cherub, and hourglass motifs. The church is situated in a prominent location, serving as a landmark for miles around, similar to the church of Great Chart, which marks the northern edge of the Weald.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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