Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1961. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1961
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter, Brampton
OS grid reference
TG 219 246
Coordinates
52.77345, 1.28935
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a parish church built primarily of flint with limestone dressings and slate roofs. It features a 12th-century round west tower topped with a 15th-century brick octagonal stage. The church includes a nave and a former south aisle that are now under one roof, along with a chancel and a south porch. The octagonal tower stage has limestone quoins and an embattled parapet, with two-light sound openings. There is a two-light west window in the base of the tower from the 16th century and an angle buttress at the south-west corner. The south porch has a parapeted gable and angle buttresses, with a quatrefoiled opening above the south doorway. The south door leading into the nave is from the 19th century and features good 15th-century tracery applied to its face. A late 14th-century window is located in the former south aisle, which is now part of the nave. There is an arched opening to a former chapel, which has been partly infilled, and a two-light window with 'Y' tracery. A 19th-century vestry is situated on the south side of the chancel. The chancel windows display 'Y' and intersecting tracery, and there are angle buttresses at the east wall. Inside, there is a notable monument on the south wall, a cartouche dedicated to Margaret Beevor from 1716. The chancel contains brasses commemorating Edward and John Brampton (who died in 1622), Robert Brampton (who died in 1468) and his wife, as well as John Brampton (who died in 1535) and his two wives. The church has 19th-century roofs with king posts in the nave and arch-braced collars. Additionally, there is an octagonal font adorned with shields set in quatrefoils.

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 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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