Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1997. A C19 Church.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1997
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Peter, St Peters Road
OS grid reference
SK 066 741
Coordinates
53.26425, -1.90125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a church built in 1839, with alterations made in 1895-97, 1902, and late 20th century. It was designed by William Swan, the village schoolmaster, on the site of an earlier church. The building is constructed from coursed millstone grit with ashlar dressings and has Welsh slate roofs. The architectural style is Gothick, with Gothic Revival additions.

The church has a plan that includes a west tower and a nave. A south porch was added in 1897, along with transepts, a chancel, a south-east vestry, and a north-east organ chamber in 1902. The exterior features a chamfered plinth, with the original nave displaying chamfered eaves and corner pinnacles. The three-stage west tower has rusticated quoins and single lancets on three exposed sides in the lower stages. The third stage includes 2-light Y-tracery bell openings on each face, topped with a moulded cornice, battlements, and corner pinnacles.

The nave has three 2-light Y-tracery windows on each side and a projecting gabled porch on the south side, which features a moulded pointed arched doorway with double plank doors and ornate iron hinges, along with a date and inscription in the gable apex. The south transept contains a pointed arched doorway and a 2-light pointed arched reticulated tracery window above. The south-east vestry has a pointed arched doorway flanked by single lancets and a circular window above. The chancel features single side lancets and a 3-light pointed arched window with reticulated tracery. The organ chamber has a single lancet, while the north transept includes a 2-light pointed arch window with reticulated tracery. All windows are adorned with hoodmoulds and carved label stops, and the later additions to the east have angle buttressing.

Inside, the original building has plain stonework, while later additions are whitewashed except for the gritstone dressings. The nave consists of three bays and features a wooden gallery at the west end supported by cast-iron columns, which was modified in 1977. The roof has a king post design from 1859, and there are open benches. Notable fittings include a stone font that possibly originates from the earlier church.

Local climate

Church of St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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