Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Parish church.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
keen-spindle-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1967
Type
Parish church
Address
Church of St James, Buttermere, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 176 170
Coordinates
54.54177, -3.27511
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a parish church built in 1840, with additions made in 1884 and 1933. It is constructed from squared stone and slate rubble, topped with a graduated greenslate roof featuring coped gables. The church has a two-bay nave that includes a west twin bellcote, a west porch, and a north vestry, along with a single-bay chancel. The nave is adorned with lancet windows. Inside, there are 20th-century furnishings and fittings. The east window was created by Henry Holiday in 1893, and there is a stained-glass north window from 1903. Additionally, there is a bronze plaque dedicated to Alan Catherall, placed there by his father Cyril Catherall in 1945.

Local climate

Church of St James sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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