St James' Church is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. House - terrace.

St James' Church

WRENN ID
knotted-rotunda-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 January 1991
Type
House - terrace
Address
St James' Church, Llwydcoed, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
SN 990 048
Coordinates
51.73336, -3.46301
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

St James' Church is an early Gothic building with simple Arts and Crafts influences, constructed from red brick and featuring purple tiled roofs. The church has a four-bay nave without aisles, a west bellcote, a south porch, and a lower two-bay chancel with a north vestry. The western end and plinth are rendered, and there are stepped buttresses on the eastern bay of the nave. The windows are lancet-shaped, with voussoirs and labels, and feature diamond leaded glazing. The east window has three lights with a stepped central lancet. The bellcote is stepped and pyramidal, with a timber openwork bell stage, a roof with swept eaves, and a crucifix finial. Each side of the church has four cusped arches. The porch is half-timbered on a brick base, with a pointed arch entrance that has boarded doors and S-shaped braces on the sides, although the pendant and finial are broken.

Inside, the church has a rendered interior with red brick dressings. The roof features arched braced collar trusses that spring from low stone corbels and is boarded. There is a two-order chancel arch, and a low arch to the vestry on the north side of the chancel, which is now infilled. The sanctuary is partially wainscoted with Gothic panelling. Notable interior features include a decorated Gothic pulpit, an octagonal font, and a low iron chancel screen with gates.

Local climate

St James' Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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