Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A C14 and C15 Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- fallow-forge-hawthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- C14 and C15
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Church Lane, Cockfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 903 549
- Coordinates
- 52.16036, 0.78217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a notable 14th and 15th century church built from flint and stone. It features a tall 15th century west tower that has a chequerwork embattled parapet and angle buttresses with tabled offsets, along with inset flint chequerwork on the faces. The south aisle is topped with an embattled parapet that includes carved ornamentation. The south porch also boasts a richly decorated embattled parapet, flint flushwork panels, and three ogee-headed niches. The south doorway is adorned with fleurons and shields. Inside, the nave showcases a remarkable 14th century collar purlin roof supported by four-way braced crown posts, which have moulded caps and bases on moulded and carved tie beams. The south aisle features a fine 15th century roof with moulded and carved beams and arched braces. The interior includes a 14th century altar tomb with a carved stone canopy and an impressive 18th century tomb dedicated to Jacob Harvey of Pepper's Hall, who died in 1723, created by N Royce of Bury St Edmunds. The church is recognized for its architectural, historical, and topographical significance.
Local climate
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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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