Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1968. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
first-ember-oak
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Melton
Constituency
Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 January 1968
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter, Sproxton
OS grid reference
SK 822 247
Coordinates
52.814, -0.78054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter probably has Norman origins, with early 14th century work to the nave, aisles, and chancel. The chancel was re-faced in 1667, and the west tower is late 14th century. It was restored in 1875 by R.W. Johnson. The church is constructed of limestone, with some ironstone and lead roofs.

The tower is of three stages, appearing externally as five stages with set-offs. Clasping buttresses develop into angle buttresses at the second external stage. The west doorway has two orders of continuous shafts, below a Perpendicular three-light basket-arched window. There are two-light Decorated ringing climber windows and paired two-light Perpendicular belfry windows under hoods. A quatrefoil lozenge frieze runs below a crenellated parapet, with four corner pinnacles completing the tower. The aisles are supported on angle buttresses. The south aisle has two and three-light Y tracery windows; the east end window has been replaced with a three-light Perpendicular window. A gabled south porch stands on diagonal buttresses, with a moulded arched entrance below a carved panel with moulded jambs and a hood on head stops. The north aisle has a moulded arched door. Three two-light ogeed clerestory windows are on each side under depressed arches. A low side window is located to the west of the chancel south priests’ door, which has a renewed Norman door with a plaque reading "E F 1667" above it. One four-light Perpendicular window is located to the east of the door, under a depressed arch, alongside a two-light Y tracery east window. There are no chancel north openings.

Inside, a three-bay arcade features circular piers to the north and octagonal piers to the south, with moulded circular or polygonal bases and capitals, and double-chamfered arches. The tower arch is tall and double wave moulded with circular responds, and the chancel arch is double chamfered with polygonal responds. The nave roof is of canted and moulded tie beams on arched braces, dropping on wall posts to corbels, with a moulded ridge piece and one pair of moulded butt purlins. A re-worked 12th century font has inset engaged columns to the stem and intersecting arches to the octagonal bowl, with floral motifs within the arches. Three 15th century poppyhead bench ends are in the nave. The aisles have roofs with principals and purlins, the latter moulded to the south side. An arched recess at the east end of the north aisle and a blocked arch in the chancel wall indicate the former presence of a chapel. The chancel roof has canted tie beams on arched braces dropping to wall posts, with carved heads at the base of the wall posts. Eight poppyheads are on 19th century benches in the chancel.

Local climate

Church of St Peter 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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