Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- swift-corbel-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Sevenhampton, Highworth, SN6 7QA
- OS grid reference
- SU 209 903
- Coordinates
- 51.61192, -1.69854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James, built in 1864 by W. Pedley, is an example of Early English architecture. It features rubble construction on a moulded plinth and a stone slate roof. The church has a three-stage tower made of ashlar, with an arcaded upper stage and angle buttresses. The nave consists of four bays and includes a gabled porch facing the south avenue that leads to the gates of Warnford Place. The chancel has two bays. Inside, the church is finished with ashlar and has truss rafter roofs. The windows are supported by en delit purbeck shafts, with a triplet at the east end. The interior also features fleur de lys tiles, a chancel arch supported by angel corbels, and a font. Additionally, there is a small earlier portable marble font in a turned baluster shape, which bears the Warnford/Banbury arms and has a turned wood cover. Notably, the author Ian Fleming is buried in the churchyard.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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