Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- bitter-chalk-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre Forest
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest MP: Mark Garnier (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Lea Lane, Wolverley and Cookley
- OS grid reference
- SO 842 801
- Coordinates
- 52.41917, -2.23374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church located on Lea Lane in Cookley. It was built in 1849 by E Smith and enlarged in 1872 by J T Meredith. The church is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. It consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, and north and south aisles.
The west tower has four stages separated by moulded string courses, with angle buttresses and a crenellated parapet. The belfry contains large trefoiled lancets set in deep chamfered reveals, while the second stage features a square-headed two-light window. The first stage has a window with three trefoiled lights beneath a two-centred head.
The north aisle has five bays, with the second from the right featuring a gabled stone porch. The windows in this aisle consist of two trefoiled lights under two-centred heads with labels, and the clerestory includes quatrefoil windows. The chancel has two bays and a vestry to the right, with the east window displaying three trefoiled lights under a two-centred head.
Inside, the church is reported to have box pews with poppy heads.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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