The Church of St. James the Great, Riccarton Road, Christchurch, New Zealand was built in 1923 to replace an earlier nearby wooden building that burnt down in 1921. Built in the gothic style of so many of Christchurch's churches, the building was designed by architects Alfred and Sidney Luttrell, Alfred being a local parishioner. Alfred Luttrell died at around the time the church was completed.

The building is actually brick; the facing of dark Halswell stone and cream Oamaru limestone is a veneer. The church features an 1880s organ and stained glass windows by William Morris & Co., other English glass works and a more recent window by a local artist, Rena Jarosewitsch. The painted interior is in the medieval style and features heraldic shields on the roof trusses.

The Church was to be a memorial to those local men who had died in World War I.

The church did suffer damage in the earthquakes of 2010-11 but this was not too severe and it is repairable.