Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1972. Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- worn-cobble-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1972
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Church Road, Havenstreet and Ashey
- OS grid reference
- SZ 561 903
- Coordinates
- 50.70966, -1.20633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church built in 1852, designed by the notable local architect Thomas Hellyer from Ryde. It features rubble construction with ashlar dressings and has steeply pitched red tile roofs, with every fifth course being curved and decorative ridge tiles.
The exterior includes a nave with a lower chancel and no aisles, but it has an integral vestry to the north. There is a south porch with moulded architraves and engaged colonettes, along with a western bellcote. The east side has tripartite lancets under hood moulds, while the other elevations feature slender lancets and corner stepped buttresses.
Inside, the nave boasts a scissor rafter roof and a pointed chancel arch. There is an open chancel screen that originally displayed coloured rood figures. The reredos, described in 1969 as 'towering' with painted panels, is not as prominent in photographs from 2005. The organ is believed to date from the late 17th century, and the lancets contain coloured and figurative glass.
This charming church, designed in an Early English style, is a well-preserved example of Hellyer's work and serves as a focal point for the small community of Havenstreet.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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