Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Church.
Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- iron-screen-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St James, Stowe Ix Churches
- OS grid reference
- SP 643 567
- Coordinates
- 52.20484, -1.05966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. James is a Grade II listed building located in Upper Stowe, built in 1855 by P.C. Hardwick. It is constructed from coursed dressed ironstone and features a slate roof. The church has a nave, chancel, vestry, and a north-west porch, all designed in the Early English style. The chancel consists of one bay and includes an east window with five lancets under a hood mould. The vestry has a timbered appearance with a single lancet window on the north side of the chancel. The four-bay nave is adorned with both single and coupled lancet windows. A gabled west porch is set on low stone walls, and the west window has three lancets under a hood mould. The church is supported by angle buttresses on the east and west sides, features stone coped gables, and has a gabled west bellcote that contains one bell within an open pointed arch. Inside, the chancel boasts a painted stone reredos, a painted roof, stencilled window splays, and an encaustic tile floor. The east and south-east windows contain 19th-century stained glass.
Local climate
Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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