Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

WRENN ID
standing-truss-wax
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rutland
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Lane, Preston
OS grid reference
SK 870 023
Coordinates
52.61217, -0.71643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church that dates from the late 12th century to the early 13th century, with the nave, clerestory, tower, and porch added in the late 14th century. It is constructed of rubble and ashlar with a tiled roof. The layout includes a nave, chancel, aisles, a west tower, and a south porch. The church was restored in 1856.

The nave features a clerestory with three 2-light Perpendicular windows. The south aisle has three 2-light Perpendicular windows with hood mouldings and label stops. The north aisle contains three 2-light straight-headed Perpendicular windows with flat labels, as well as a hood moulded arched doorway dating from around 1200 at the west end. The chancel, which is from the 15th century, has one 2-light Perpendicular window on both the north and south walls. On the south wall of the chancel, there is a priest's door with a finial and a stained glass light. The large east window, made in 1856, replaced an original square-headed window. The chancel clerestory has paired Perpendicular windows on both the north and south walls.

The late 14th century south porch features small lights in the returns. The western tower is embattled and has 2-light bell openings with a transom and a recessed spire that includes two tiers of lucarnes.

Inside, the church has a Norman north arcade with three bays supported by a circular pier and square abaci. The capitals are decorated with scallops or waterleaf motifs, and the first two arches feature zig-zag decoration. The south arcade, dating from around 1250, has circular abaci and is double chamfered. There is a sedile with leaf capitals and a decorated ogee-headed recess at the east of the south aisle. The stained glass in the east window was created by Gerente in 1856.

Local climate

Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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