Church of St Mary and St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1955. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary and St Peter
- WRENN ID
- riven-brick-barley
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Havering
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham MP: Margaret Mullane (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1955
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary and St Peter, Wennington Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 539 809
- Coordinates
- 51.5065, 0.21744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary and St Peter is a small medieval church located on Wennington Road. It has origins dating back to the 12th century and underwent rebuilding in the 13th century, with a late 15th-century west tower. The church consists of a nave with aisles, a chancel, a west tower, and a north porch. The nave and chancel feature crown post roofs, while the south aisle was added in the 19th century, retaining the old arcade. There is a modern porch at the entrance. Inside, notable features include a 13th-century church chest, a 17th-century pulpit with an hourglass stand, and a font.
Local climate
Church of St Mary and St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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