Church of St James is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. A {"C14 (original)","1853 (restoration)"} Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- white-mantel-magpie
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- {"C14 (original)","1853 (restoration)"}
- Address
- Church of St James, Aylesbury Road, Bierton
- OS grid reference
- SP 836 152
- Coordinates
- 51.82973, -0.788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. James is a parish church located in Bierton with Broughton, dating back to the 14th century and restored in 1853. It is built from limestone and features a cruciform plan with a central tower topped by a small lead spire. The aisles of the nave were raised, likely in the 16th or possibly the 17th century, to accommodate galleries and are illuminated by upper windows in the late Perpendicular style. Other windows date from the 14th and 15th centuries and are traceried. The church has a flat lead roof with parapets, while the tower has a corbel table. The chancel roof is covered with slate, and there is a modern timber porch on the north side.
Inside, the church boasts finely moulded nave arcades consisting of four bays and crossing arches. The south transept features two ornamental ogee arched doorways. The nave roof has a low pitch and is constructed with moulded timbers from the 15th and 16th or 17th centuries. The font is a Norman tub shape with cable mouldings. There are traces of wall paintings and 14th-century floor tiles present in the church.
Local climate
Church of St James receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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