Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1984. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rubble-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 August 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Over Staveley, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 469 986
- Coordinates
- 54.38014, -2.81842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James is a parish church built between 1864 and 1865 by J S Crowther. It features roughly coursed slate rubble with sandstone dressings and has a graduated greenslate roof with stone ridge and copings. The church has five bays in the nave and three in the chancel, along with a small bell turret at the west end. There is a gabled porch on the south side that includes pointed-arched openings and a cross, with a pine inner door that has decorative hinges set in pointed-arched openings. A notable feature is the three-light east window, which contains glass made by Morris and Co. based on designs by Burne-Jones. The central light depicts the Crucifixion over the Ascension with angels, while the side lights show three tiers of single angels against a dark blue background with stars. This window is in memory of David Harrison, who died in 1878.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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