Ruins of Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1959. A Medieval Ruins.
Ruins of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- buried-window-briar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1959
- Type
- Ruins
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Ruins of Church of St Peter, the Chase, Wiggenhall St. Germans, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 604 132
- Coordinates
- 52.69321, 0.3725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the Church of St Peter are the remains of a former parish church, primarily constructed in the 15th century, with the chancel dating back to 1421. The building features ashlar stone with some brick repairs and currently has no roof. It includes a west tower, nave, and chancel. The tower is three stages high, with the lower two stages appearing undifferentiated, and has flat buttresses on the east side and a setback on the south-west. A stair turret is located on the north-west side.
The west side of the tower has a three-light window beneath a hood, while the ringing chamber has square lancets and the belfry features two-light windows. The parapet is plain, and there are low arched doors on the north, south, and west sides of the tower. The south aisle was demolished in 1840, and three-light windows were reset into blocked arcade arches. The arcade consists of four bays with square section piers that have semi-circular lobes. The north side mirrors the south but has five stepped buttresses. The chancel windows are two-light, with one on the north and two on the south, displaying an earlier post-Decorated style compared to those in the nave. The east window is set under a four-centred arch, although most of its tracery is missing, unlike the other windows.
Local climate
Ruins of Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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