Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Chapel.

Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard

WRENN ID
sacred-bracket-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1967
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard, the Village, Prestbury
OS grid reference
SJ 900 769
Coordinates
53.289, -2.15018
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chapel in St Peter's Churchyard dates back to around 1150 but was rebuilt and restored in 1747 for Sir William Meredith. It is constructed of buff sandstone with a roof made of Kerridge stone-slate. The chapel features a simple two-bay nave and a lower one-bay chancel. The west doorway retains elements from the 12th century, including a pair of columns with scrolled capitals that support three semi-circular arches decorated with raised heads, zigzags, and pellets. Above the doorway, there is a tympanum that displays a worn figure of Christ in Majesty above a pair of studded oak doors.

Above the corbel table, there are seven now-defaced figures believed to represent the Trinity, St Peter, Richard I, and figures symbolizing church and state. A plaque in a rusticated surround records the restoration in Latin, noting that the ancient chapel, which had fallen into disrepair, was restored at the expense of G.M.B. in 1747. The chapel features an elliptical light in the gable, a simple plinth around its base, and two round-headed lights in the nave along with one in the chancel. The east window is circular.

Inside, the windows are set in slight embrasures. There is a rebated semi-circular chancel arch leading up three steps to the raised chancel, which contains an altar table in a semi-circular headed recess. Additionally, there are three further Latin plaques in the chancel and one above the nave door that refer to the reconstruction.

Local climate

Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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