Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade I listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1952. A 1330 Chapel.
Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1952
- Type
- Chapel
- Period
- 1330
- Address
- Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury, Precincts, City of Peterborough
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 986
- Coordinates
- 52.57267, -0.24167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade I listed building located in the precincts of Peterborough, dating back to 1330. It features a stone structure with a stone slate roof. The chancel is the only surviving part of the original church. Notable architectural elements include a 5-light east window with reticulated tracery and two 3-light side windows with Decorated tracery. A chamfered string course from the earlier building by Abbot Benedict has been reused below the east window. The chapel is part of a group that includes the Great Gate, the archway to Dean's Court, and Nos 1 to 10, which are all listed together.
Local climate
Chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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