St James is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Former church. 1 related planning application.
St James
- WRENN ID
- carved-attic-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Former church
- Address
- St James, Cranmore, BA4 4SG
- OS grid reference
- ST 681 438
- Coordinates
- 51.19295, -2.45729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St James is a former Anglican church, now deconsecrated and used as a dwelling. It was built in 1846 by T.H. Wyatt and has undergone some late 20th-century alterations. The church is constructed of ashlar with coped verges, ornamental finials, and slate roofs. It features a nave, chancel, south transept, south tower-porch, and north vestry, showcasing Early English and Geometrical architectural styles.
The two-stage tower-porch has pilaster buttresses at the bottom stage and corner shafts at the second stage, topped with a cornice that has ball-flower ornamentation. It also has a tall recessed ribbed stone spire with a cruciform finial and small gablets. The bell-chamber openings are 2-light with quatrefoils, and the pointed-arch door opening is shafted with label stops carved as heads, leading to a ribbed and studded door.
The five-bay nave features pilaster buttresses with offsets and cusped lancets, while the west end has similar fenestration and a rose window. The transept includes a 2-light window with plate tracery on the south side and a large gargoyle. The low vestry has lancets, and the two-bay chancel has lancets as well, with a notable 3-light triple-lancet east window that has carved heads as label stops. There is a priests' door to the south with a shafted opening and scrolly iron hinges. Most of the original window glazing has been removed and replaced with late 20th-century aluminium casements.
The interior was not seen during the survey in March 1986 but is believed to be little altered, featuring an elaborate arch-braced roof. The church is said to stand on the site of a Saxon chapel that was rebuilt in the early 18th century.
Local climate
St James receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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