Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Edward is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Edward
- WRENN ID
- narrow-moat-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Edward, Palace Street Sw1, City of Westminster, SW1E 5HW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 292 793
- Coordinates
- 51.49847, -0.13991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Edward is a church begun in 1856 by William Wilkinson Wardell, with an upper storey added by 1863 and alterations in 1880 by J F Bentley. It is constructed of yellow brick with red dressings, and has a slate pitched roof to a parapet. The building is two storeys high, with a basement, and has seven bays facing Wilfred Street. It features round arched windows, paired on the ground floor.
Inside, the church contains a high altar dating from 1867 and a south altar from 1863, both designed by Bentley. Furnishings throughout the church are also by Bentley.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Church of St Peter and St Edward 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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