Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
eastward-jamb-root
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1952
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Peter, High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LY
OS grid reference
ST 862 229
Coordinates
51.00573, -2.19681
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a late 15th and early 16th century building that was restored in 1897 and later. It has a rectangular shape with north and south aisles and a clerestory. The west tower features a projecting west porch, and there is a crypt. The north aisle, which faces High Street, has an attractive pierced and castellated parapet. The church is part of a group that includes the Town Hall, The Mitre Inn, and Nos 25 to 31 (odd).

Local climate

Church of St Peter receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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