Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A Saxon Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- eastward-wall-thyme
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1954
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Diddlebury
- OS grid reference
- SO 508 853
- Coordinates
- 52.46408, -2.72496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in Diddlebury, originally dating back to the Saxon period and restored in the 19th century. It is constructed from dressed and rubble sandstone with plain tile roofs and features a nave, chancel, west tower, south aisle, and north transept.
The exterior includes long and short quoins at the base of the chancel, a decorated east window, and a mid-19th century south wall and porch. The restored tower has a Norman superstructure above an infilled Saxon arch and is topped with a weather-vane. There is a tall, narrow north doorway that has been blocked in the 19th century, featuring a semi-circular arch on chamfered impost blocks.
Inside, the church displays good herringbone masonry on the north wall, along with fragments of interlacing sculpture and a piscina. There are two canopies adorned with ballflower ornament, a font, and several tablets commemorating individuals such as Cornwall (died 1756), Powell (died 1769), Fleming (died 1650 and 1761), and Bawdewyn (died 1674). The interior also features some early wooden figure-head corbels supporting the roof and several funeral hatchments.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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