Church of Saint Joseph and Saint James is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1985. Church. 5 related planning applications.
Church of Saint Joseph and Saint James
- WRENN ID
- quiet-string-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Joseph and Saint James, Plompton Road, Follifoot, HG3 1DT
- OS grid reference
- SE 342 526
- Coordinates
- 53.96911, -1.47892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Joseph and Saint James is a church of 1848, built as a chapel of ease to Spofforth Church and opened on 22nd October 1848. It was commissioned for Sir Joseph Radcliffe and Rev James Tripp, Rector of Spofforth. The church is constructed of rock-faced gritstone with sandstone dressings, topped with a slate roof. It comprises a three-bay nave with a central south porch and a west bellcote, along with a one-bay chancel and a small vestry on the north side. The architecture is in a compact Gothic style, with a gabled porch featuring a pointed arch and head-stops to the hood-mould, and low side walls with trefoil windows. Lancet windows are present throughout, with one light at the east end and three lights to the west. Diagonal buttresses and ashlar gable copings with shaped kneelers are also notable features. Inside, the church contains a marble reredos with symbols of the Evangelists. Three windows in the chancel were dedicated in 1879-81 to the memory of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart.
Local climate
Church of Saint Joseph and Saint James receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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