St James's stands at the centre of its square, looking down Addison Avenue. It is a listed grade II National Heritage Building. The architect of St James;s Church was Lewis Vulliamy, and it was built in around 1845.

Its chancel was added in 1876 and was designed by Robert Jewell Withers. A number of its original features, such as the stained glass windows, remain.

Perhaps the most impressive of these features is the church organ, which has been part of the church since 1921. The organ was restored in 1996 and remains a focal point of many of the performances that take place there.

The sister church of St James is St Clement's. It was fouded in 1860 by Reverend Arthur Dalgarno. Located in the artisan dwellings of Tredgold Street, Dalgarno started a school for the ward.

The church site was bought by the Reverend with his own funds, and he worked there for a number of years without pay. This community spirit remains central to the congregation of St Clement's Church.

The parish runs a number of community based activities, including study support for local children, adult English language courses, and sewing workshops, amongst other things. The building is a grade II National Heritage listed and is steeped in an immense amount of social history.

St Clement's is commissioning a new picture by Mark Cazalet to hang in the North Transept.  The picture will celebrate the creativity of Carnival as an expression of the creativity of God.

Click to see Mark Cazalet's design for the new Triptych