Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Church. 4 related planning applications.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
ancient-grate-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Peter, St Peter's Street, N1 8JP
OS grid reference
TQ 318 835
Coordinates
51.53509, -0.0998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is an Anglican church, now converted into flats. It was built between 1834 and 1835 by Sir Charles Barry. The sanctuary, west front, and tower with spire were added in 1842-4 by Roumieu and Gough. The church is constructed of white Suffolk brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The building consists of a short sanctuary, a nave, transepts, north and south aisles, a north-west tower with a spire. The west end has a gabled portal with moulded decorations and door panels featuring blank tracery, flanked by a small three-bay arcade and buttresses. Above this portal is an open, stepped arcade of three lights with stepped lancet windows. Two small, square towers with pinnacles are located to the south. The main tower has a gabled entrance on its north side, and the spire is square but chamfered, with lucarnes on each cardinal direction. Piers at the corners of the tower are topped with pinnacles that are linked to the spire by flying buttresses. Lancet windows are set between gabled buttresses along the nave, topped by a parapet. The transepts are one bay deep with triple stepped lancet windows and a matching cornice. The easternmost bay of the chancel is short, with a lower gabled roof and a triple stepped lancet east window. During conversion to flats, all internal features were removed and new floors were inserted.

Local climate

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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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