Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
other-vestry-meadow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1959
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter, Pudlestone
OS grid reference
SO 565 597
Coordinates
52.23436, -2.63795
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a parish church with a tower built around 1200, a 13th-century chancel, and a nave and north aisle that were rebuilt in 1813. A south aisle was added in 1850, and the chancel was restored in 1857. The late 19th-century additions include a north vestry and a south porch. The church is constructed of sandstone rubble with dressings of the same material, featuring part tiled and part stone slate roofs, and a shingle spire.

The west tower has three stages with a spire rising from a pyramidal roof. It features 13th-century lancet windows on the north and south sides of the ground stage, and a 12th-century semi-circular headed west doorway with jambs of two plain orders, moulded and enriched imposts, and an arch of two orders. The tympanum is restored, and there are lancet windows on the second stage and two lancets on each side of the bell stage.

The nave's south aisle has two 2-light 19th-century windows to the right of the 19th-century porch and doorway, with two similar 19th-century windows flanking a central single-light window in the north aisle. The chancel features a restored 2-light 14th-century window to the south, next to two 13th-century lancets, one of which is reset in an earlier doorway. The 19th-century north vestry has one 2-light window and a doorway. The east window, designed by Henry Woodyer in 1857, consists of three lights with tracery and a panel of blank tracery below.

Inside, the church has a 14th-century tower arch with plain jambs and a chamfered segmental arch, along with a curious arched recess above the tower arch that contains a lancet. The 19th-century north and south aisles feature arcades of three bays. The chancel retains 19th-century fittings, including a panelled screen and a decorative ceiling.

Local climate

Church of St Peter receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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