Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1956. A Medieval Church.
Parish Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- western-jamb-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1956
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Parish Church of St Peter, Church Hill, Freshford
- OS grid reference
- ST 789 601
- Coordinates
- 51.34012, -2.30328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Peter is a church that dates from the 15th century, with additions and restorations from the 17th, 18th, and a significant restoration around 1858-59, likely by C.E. Davis of Bath. The west tower is from the 15th century, while the nave features a north aisle added in 1736, a south porch, a north chancel chapel from around 1800, and a chancel completed in 1859. The church is constructed of ashlar and coursed, squared rubble for the chancel, and has Cotswold stone slate roofs.
The west tower is in the Perpendicular style and consists of three stages, with diagonal buttresses that have stepped set-offs, an embattled parapet with pinnacles, and single-light openings for the bell chamber. The nave and aisle also have an embattled parapet, and the nave features 19th-century Y-tracery windows, while the north side has tall mullioned two-light windows with ogee tops. The south porch is gabled.
Inside, the church has quatrefoil piers supporting an arcade with depressed segmental arches, and a double squint with age heads. There are several 18th and 19th-century wall tablets, particularly over the south door and in the north aisle, commemorating individuals such as Elizabeth Still (1748), Honor Cooper (1753), and Henry Fisher (1760). Additionally, there is a C14th/C15th octagonal font.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Peter receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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