Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1979. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
buried-remnant-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill MP: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1979
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Peter, Prescott Place Sw4, SW4 6BS
OS grid reference
TQ 296 754
Coordinates
51.46342, -0.13503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter, located on Prescott Place, was built in 1878 by J E K Cutts and is designed in a style reminiscent of Butterfield. The building is simple yet massive, featuring structural polychromy. It is constructed of stock brick with dressings of red brick and stone, topped with high-pitched slated roofs. The church has a tall nave with aisles and an aisled chancel that is almost as tall as the nave, along with lower transepts and a bell cote at the crossing. There are north and south porches, and the design includes elements from the 13th century, such as lancet windows that are either single or grouped, and wheel windows at the ends. The exterior showcases banding and patterned brickwork, with emphasized patterns around the windows and doors. Inside, the nave retains its polychrome decoration, while the aisles have been whitened. The interior features a four-bay arcade with alternate compound and octagonal piers, and a timber roof. There are good iron screens, likely added later, as well as a font, pulpit, and east windows designed by Kempe.

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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