Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. A C12 Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- north-nave-bracken
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, School Lane, Bekesbourne-With-Patrixbourne
- OS grid reference
- TR 195 554
- Coordinates
- 51.25612, 1.14454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter, located on School Lane in Bekesbourne, is a Grade I listed building. It is constructed of flint with stone dressings and features a chancel, nave, and a two-stage west tower topped with a crenellated parapet. The nave and tower date back to the 12th century, while the chancel was built in the 13th century. Notable architectural elements include a round-arched Norman doorway adorned with zigzag mouldings and crude heads carved on the responds. A transept, added in 1715, has a south wall faced with mathematical tiles. The church underwent significant restoration between 1881 and 1890. Inside, there are monuments such as that of Sir Henry Palmer, who passed away in 1611. The churchyard features 18th-century headstones with motifs of skulls, cherubs, hourglasses, and spades and mattocks, as well as chest tombs and oval bodystones.
Local climate
Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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