Ruin of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. Ruin.

Ruin of Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
silent-ledge-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1954
Type
Ruin
Address
Ruin of Church of St Peter, Eriswell
OS grid reference
TL 721 807
Coordinates
52.39774, 0.5283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ruin of the Church of St. Peter is a medieval structure that was converted into a dovecote in the 18th century, as indicated by a limestone plaque on the south side inscribed "T.R. 1754." The building measures about 6 meters square in plan. The original construction features flint and limestone rubble with freestone dressings, of which only the eastern parts of the nave side walls remain. The 18th-century work is primarily made of gault brick and includes dentil eaves. The west face displays primary-braced 18th-century studding with brick-nogging, while diagonal 18th-century buttresses of gault brick at the eastern corners replace most of the earlier ashlar quoins. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles, featuring gablets. On the north side, there is a nearly complete 15th-century hood-moulded window with remnants of a transom and tracery; to the right, there is part of a blocked 13th-century lancet, with another having existed to the left. Inside, the inner arch of a former window in the south wall, possibly from the 15th century, is visible, along with various boarded-up 18th-century openings.

Local climate

Ruin of Church of St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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