Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- weathered-span-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Beeston with Bittering
- OS grid reference
- TF 937 175
- Coordinates
- 52.7207, 0.86764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church that dates from the medieval period and later. It is constructed of flint with ashlar dressings and features some brick repairs. The roof is covered with pantiles. The nave and chancel form a single rectangular structure, with a diagonal buttress to the east and another buttress at the north-west angle. The west side has flint quoins and a twin bellcote on the gable. There are doorways on the north and south sides, each with two plain chamfered orders and former hood moulds. The south wall contains two double lancets (one of which is modern) and two late Medieval windows with square heads and hood moulds, one featuring cusped lights. A similar single cusped window is located on the north side, while the east window consists of three lancets. Inside, there is a late Medieval chancel screen and a 17th-century pulpit adorned with strapwork and scrolled brackets. Some carved 17th-century panelling has been incorporated into the pews.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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