Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. A C15 Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- sacred-cornice-sorrel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Main Road, Astwood, MK16 9JS
- OS grid reference
- SP 950 473
- Coordinates
- 52.11654, -0.61322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church primarily built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of stone and features an embattled west tower, a nave with a clerestory, a south aisle, a south porch, and a chancel. The nave and aisle have flat leaded roofs, with the nave roof replaced in concrete due to wartime bomb damage. The south aisle windows display good 14th-century tracery, while the clerestory and north windows are from the late 15th century.
Inside, the church has a nave arcade consisting of three bays. Notable fittings include a 13th-century font with a plain octagonal bowl on a base supported by four slender shafts, which still shows remnants of carving. The pulpit is from the 18th century and has been altered.
In the chancel, there are several monuments, including brasses commemorating Thomas Chibnale and his wives from 1534, as well as black marble slabs inside the altar rails dedicated to 18th-century members of the Lowndes family. On the north wall, three monuments are present: the left-hand monument from the 17th century features Corinthian columns supporting an entablature with a broken segmental pediment and a central cartouche of arms. The columns are supported by cherubs' heads and are made of black and grey marble, with white marble caps and brackets.
The right-hand monument, dedicated to William Lowndes from 1773, includes a white inscription panel surrounded by Sienna marble, with a grey marble curved top and a central portrait medallion. This panel is set on a string with flutings and roundels above a curved apron featuring a coat of arms. The central monument commemorates Margaret, the wife of William Lowndes, likely crafted by the same artist. It has an arched panel flanked by pilasters, made of Sienna marble with white accents, supporting a cornice and a broken pediment. The outer sides of the pilasters are decorated with red marble scrolls, and the apron features a central cartouche of arms.
Local climate
Church of St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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