Ruins of Old Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1957. Church.

Ruins of Old Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
shadowed-rubble-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaby
Constituency
Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 October 1957
Type
Church
Address
Ruins of Old Church of St Peter, Church Road, Glenfields
OS grid reference
SK 537 060
Coordinates
52.64923, -1.20702
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ruins of the Old Church of St Peter date from the late 13th to 14th century. Constructed from granite rubble with limestone dressings, the church currently has no roof. It features a cruciform plan with a nave, chancel, and small transepts. The building has a chamfered plinth and various buttresses. The nave includes a projection for a former bellcote at the west end and one bay of arched windows, with the north side retaining Y-tracery. There are small arched doorways on the north and south sides, both moulded and chamfered with a middle order on attached shafts. The transepts have lancet windows with hoodmoulds on their west sides. The south transept also features a 2-light south window with a hoodmould and iron bars replacing the tracery, along with a blocked single light to the east. The north transept is mostly missing. Between the transepts and the nave are low wide arches of two chamfered orders, with the inner order resting on corbels. The chancel has two bays of 2-light traceried windows on the south side, with uncusped lower lights, quatrefoils above, and hoodmoulds with carved head stops. There is a lower 2-light window to the left with cusped tracery. The north side of the chancel has a lancet window at the west end and a small chamfered doorway with an arch on imposts. The large arched 4-light east window features intersecting tracery, though part of it is missing.

Local climate

Ruins of Old Church of St Peter receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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