The Parish Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist is a Grade II* listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. A Medieval Church. 2 related planning applications.
The Parish Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- pitched-keystone-plover
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Parish Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist, Church Lane, Wivelsfield, RH17 7RD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 338 207
- Coordinates
- 50.97093, -0.09516
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist is a Church of England building located on Church Lane in Wivelsfield. It features a chancel, a south chapel, a nave with aisles, and a tower at the west end of the south aisle. The church showcases architectural elements from various periods, including Saxon to Perpendicular styles, but is primarily from the 13th century. The north aisle was added in 1869, designed by architects Slater and Carpenter.
Local climate
The Parish Church of St Peter and St John the Baptist receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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