Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. A Medieval Church. 3 related planning applications.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- inner-chalk-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Peter, High Street, Marlborough, SN8 1HQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 185 687
- Coordinates
- 51.41785, -1.73421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building, dating from the mid to late 15th century. Constructed of ashlar, it features a nave with two aisles, the north aisle having a canted west end, a chancel, a west tower, and a porch. The church does not have a clerestory. The aisle windows are designed with three-light Perpendicular tracery, while the west window has five-light Perpendicular tracery. The tower is located at the west end of the south aisle and consists of three stages, topped with a crenellated parapet and octagonal turrets at the corners, which are capped by 18th-century pyramidal finials. The windows in the top stage also feature three-light Perpendicular tracery. The roofs of the aisle and chancel have crenellated parapets, with finials at the east corners of the chancel, likely from the 19th century. The porch has a doorway with a four-centred arch and a square hood mould, and the interior of the porch is tierceron vaulted.
Inside, the church boasts a tall Perpendicular arcade and a 19th-century wooden roof supported by stone angel corbels. The roofs of the aisles are also wooden and lean-to in style. A quadrant relieving arch meets the tower in the south aisle. The chancel is tierceron vaulted, and its east wall was rebuilt by T H Wyatt between 1862 and 1863, featuring highly polychromed tiling in abstract patterns.
The church contains notable monuments, particularly in the chancel, including memorials to three children of Sir Nicholas Hyde from 1626 and to Marianne Maurice from 1840, created by Ternouth to designs by Chantrey. There are also more Baroque tablets present. The furnishings are from the 19th century, replacing earlier Georgian box pews. Cardinal Wolsey was ordained as a priest here in 1498. The Church of St Peter is considered the best church in Marlborough, notable for its impressive vaulting and its prominent location.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is part of a group that includes Nos 42 to 64 and Nos 65 to 85, The Sun Public House, and Nos 88 to 90.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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