Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1965. Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- stony-tower-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1965
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Besford
- OS grid reference
- SO 910 447
- Coordinates
- 52.10121, -2.13151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter, primarily dating from the 14th century, features a rebuilt stone chancel and a timber frame nave, which is the only example of its kind in Worcestershire. The church includes north and south porches, with the south porch being a 15th-century timber frame structure. Inside, there is an important rood screen from around 1500 and 15th-century panelling. The church also has Laudian altar rails, an original west window with wood tracery, a triptych from 1594, and an alabaster effigy of a youth from 1576. The Church of St Peter is part of a group that includes Church Farmhouse, the garden wall at Church Farmhouse, and the barn at Church Farmhouse.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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