Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. A C15 Church.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- under-paling-ivory
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter and St Paul, Market Place, Charing
- OS grid reference
- TQ 954 493
- Coordinates
- 51.21021, 0.79675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed cruciform building located in Charing Market Place. It dates back to the 13th century, with 15th-century windows, and features a south chapel known as the Wickens chapel, a south parvise porch, and a west tower. After a fire in 1590, the roof of the nave was rebuilt in 1592, followed by the chancel roof in 1620. The churchyard includes notable 18th-century headstones adorned with sunray cherub, urn, and skull motifs.
Local climate
Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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