Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A Medieval Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- vacant-groin-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Peter, High Street, Bridge, CT4 5AR
- OS grid reference
- TR 183 541
- Coordinates
- 51.24438, 1.12703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building located on Bridge High Street. It features a chancel, a nave with aisles, and a tower at the west end of the south aisle topped with a broached shingled spire. The church is constructed of stone and was originally a chapel of ease to Patrixbourne, but it underwent significant rebuilding by the architect George Gilbert Scott between 1859 and 1861.
Notable architectural features include a Norman doorway that has been reset in the north transept, as well as another doorway in the west wall of the nave, both adorned with waterleaf capitals. The arcades of the church contain remnants of 12th and 13th-century work. An unusual and well-crafted carved panel from the Late Perpendicular period, resembling a Norman tympanum, has been reset in the chancel wall. Additionally, there is an early 16th-century reclining effigy monument, along with body stones in the churchyard and tombstones that are intricately carved with shells, cherubs' heads, and skulls.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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