Church of St Peter, Spartylea is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Peter, Spartylea
- WRENN ID
- steep-pavement-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Spartylea, Allendale, NE47 9UA
- OS grid reference
- NY 850 485
- Coordinates
- 54.83117, -2.23493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter at Spartylea is a former church dating from 1825, with alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed of rubble with rusticated ashlar quoins and surrounds to the west porch door, and has a slate roof. A small ashlar bellcote sits on the west gable, featuring a segmental arch.
The building follows a rectangular plan, comprising a nave and a narrower chancel, flanked by smaller rooms; a west porch is also present. The north and south elevations each have four 19th-century windows, added in 1893 with funding from the Incorporated Church Building Society (as noted on a plaque above the west door). These windows are designed in a 14th-century style, each with two trefoil-headed lights and a quatrefoil above, all under hoodmoulds. A similar three-light window is in the east gable. The gabled west porch has a square-headed door with a datestone above; a plain round-headed door leads from the porch into the church.
Inside, original 19th-century fittings remain, including a hammer-beam roof with blank shields, likely added in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Church of St Peter, Spartylea sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
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- Radon risk assessment
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