Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
high-plaster-coral
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1954
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter, Stanton Lacy, SY8 2AE
OS grid reference
SO 495 788
Coordinates
52.40511, -2.74302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a parish church that dates from the 11th to the 14th century and was restored around 1850 by T.H. Wyatt. It is constructed of rubble and dressed sandstone with ashlar detailing and has plain tile roofs. The church features a nave, chancel, north transept, south aisle, and a crossing tower, originally designed in a cruciform layout. The nave and north transept were built around 1050, while the Early English tower and the south aisle were added in the 14th century, with a 19th-century porch.

On the exterior, the east and west walls of the north transept and the north wall of the nave showcase pilaster strips in long-and-short work. There is a blocked doorway featuring coved impost-blocks and a roll-moulded hoodmould supported by long-and-short pilasters, with a tablet above that displays a raised cross and an enriched pilaster corbel. The exterior south wall of the chancel has two cusped and moulded canopies above weathered effigies, along with two plain canopies on the south aisle.

Inside, the church has a 14th-century nave arcade, a piscina with a small ogee-headed canopy, and a 14th-century octagonal font. There are several memorials, including a brass for Thomas Atkinson from 1657, a tablet with arms and cherubs likely dedicated to John Thyne Armiger from 1717, a tablet for Elizabeth Swanne from 1613, and another for Samuel Newborough from 1718. The chancel arch is adorned with carved wood figures.

Local climate

Church of St Peter receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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