Church of St James the Greater is a Grade II* listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1969. Church.
Church of St James the Greater
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-rubblework-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1969
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James the Greater, Glaisdale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 763 076
- Coordinates
- 54.45874, -0.82418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St James the Greater is a Grade II* listed building, constructed in 1902 by architect Temple Moore. It is made of lightly-tooled snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a plain clay-tiled roof. The church is designed in a modified Early English style and includes a west tower, a three-bay nave with a south porch, and a three-bay chancel with a small north vestry extension.
The slim square tower is one stage high, with a prominent chamfered west plinth and a corbelled-out battlemented parapet that includes a waterspout. The tower features a double-chamfered tall west lancet and shouldered-arched bell openings. The nave has similar windows, while the chancel south side includes two small lancets and two small square-headed chamfered windows. There is a shouldered-arched priest's door, and the east window consists of three stepped lancets.
The gabled south porch has a heavy battened door adorned with impressive ironwork. Inside, the church showcases exposed stone and a ribbed barrel wood roof. Notable woodwork includes heavy pine benches, an oak pulpit, lectern, and choir seats. The interior also features a carved marble reredos, a linked sedile and piscina, and mosaic floors in the chancel, stepped sanctuary, and center aisle.
Local climate
Church of St James the Greater receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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