Church of St. Peter is a Grade I listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1959. A Late C12 Church.

Church of St. Peter

WRENN ID
outer-bronze-clover
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1959
Type
Church
Address
Church of St. Peter, Dereham Road, Easton
OS grid reference
TG 130 109
Coordinates
52.65461, 1.14777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St. Peter is a Grade I listed building located on Easton Dereham Road. It dates from the late 12th century, with additions from the 13th and 15th centuries. The church underwent repairs in the 18th century and was restored in 1883 by R.M. Phipson. Its construction features partially rendered flint with stone dressings and some brick repairs, topped with pantile and slate roofs. A former tower at the northwest corner of the church collapsed in 1778.

The church includes a nave with an added north aisle, a chancel, and a 16th-century porch. The late 12th-century south doorway features a two-centred arch with ringed shafts that support a roll-moulded outer order and a hood-mould adorned with carved medallions. The door retains some medieval ironwork. The north aisle has perpendicular tracery, including one 19th-century plate traceried window in the east wall. The 13th-century north arcade was heightened in the 15th century when a clearstorey and arch-braced roof were added. The north aisle was later heightened, with its contemporary roof partially obscuring the clearstorey windows. There is a blocked late 12th-century tower arch and a restored 15th-century chancel roof.

Inside, there are three medieval poppy heads on later bench ends, and a 16th-century linenfold panelled pulpit with tracery, supported on turned baluster shafts and fitted with an hourglass stand. The font, dating from around 1200, is square with faintly recessed two-centred arches and is supported on shafts.

Local climate

Church of St. Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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