Walls and Railings to St James's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. Wall and railings.
Walls and Railings to St James's Church
- WRENN ID
- fallen-column-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- Wall and railings
- Address
- Walls and Railings to St James's Church, Uplands
- OS grid reference
- SS 643 929
- Coordinates
- 51.6186, -3.9607
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The walls and railings surrounding St James's Church are constructed of dwarf stone, featuring snecked stonework and chamfered coping. The structure includes raised stone piers topped with triangular coping. Between these piers are cast iron posts adorned with pinnacles and curved stanchions, some of which bear the inscription "Thomas and Bath Swansea." The railings consist of sections with alternating pinnacles and compound double crosier shaped finials, although some railings have been removed to the northeast of the church. There are entrances with double cast-iron gates located to the south and northeast of the church, as well as entrances with single cast-iron gates at the east and west angles of the churchyard, and to the northwest of the church, all designed in a style that matches the railings.
Local climate
Walls and Railings to St James's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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