The Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1950. Church.
The Parish Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- night-chimney-spring
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1950
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Peter, Blatchington Hill, Seaford
- OS grid reference
- TV 484 998
- Coordinates
- 50.77896, 0.10357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Peter, dating from 1607, is located on Blatchington Hill. The thickness of part of the nave indicates a possible Norman origin, although no physical traces remain. The church features a round-headed priest's doorway from around 1200 and a 13th-century tower topped with a shingled broach spire. Additionally, there are lancet windows in the chancel.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Peter receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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