Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.

Church of St James

WRENN ID
winding-soffit-dew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St James, Court Lane, Dorney
OS grid reference
SU 924 790
Coordinates
51.50244, -0.66882
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St James is a parish church with origins dating back to the 12th century, featuring an early 16th-century tower. The porch was added in 1661, and the north chapel dates to the early 17th century. The church is constructed with random rubble walls and has old tile roofs. The chancel includes a Gothic trefoil window and a rectangular window on the east side, while other windows are fitted with mullions. The tower is made of red brick and has stepped stone quoins. Inside, there are fairly complete fittings and monuments.

Local climate

Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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