Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-baluster-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Bix and Assendon
- OS grid reference
- SU 728 852
- Coordinates
- 51.56101, -0.9511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. James is a parish church built in 1874 by J. Gibson. It features knapped flint with stone dressing and a tiled roof. The church has a nave with a north aisle, a chancel, and a south porch, all designed in the Gothic revival style. The nave includes four lancet windows on the south side, while the chancel has two paired lancets to the south with buttresses between the windows. There is a decorated three-light window on the east wall and a decorated two-light window on the west wall. A bellcote is located at the apex of the west gable of the nave. The south porch is timber framed, with a gabled tiled roof resting on a flint and stone base.
Inside, the church features red brick with buff and black brick decoration, and a wooden vault in the chancel. Notable fittings include two windows in the north aisle that contain 15th-century Flemish glass. Additionally, there is a piscina and a Romanesque font that were brought from St. James' Church in Bill Bottom. The church is recognized for its collection of medieval glass and the font.
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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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