Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- proud-gargoyle-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Askham, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 518 238
- Coordinates
- 54.60757, -2.74746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church dated 1832, designed by Sir Robert Smirke, who also designed the nearby Lowther Castle. The church incorporates features from the medieval church that previously stood on this site. It is constructed of snecked calciferous sandstone ashlar, with an eaves cornice and raised quoins set on a chamfered plinth. The roof is made of graduated green slate, featuring coped gables and cross finials.
The building has a square south-west tower and a four-bay nave/chancel, which includes a north transept and a south aisle. The tower features a round-arched studded south door, round-headed windows, and round-headed twin bell openings. The nave has west studded doors in a pointed arch beneath a three-light window, with round-headed windows on each side and a three-light east window.
Inside, there is a four-bay Gothic-arched arcade, a rear gallery, a panelled pulpit, and 19th-century panelled oak pews, with the ends carved with the Lowther arms. There are various 19th-century white marble wall plaques. The transept serves as the burial chapel for the Sandford family of Askham Hall, containing 17th and 18th-century wall plaques for family members. The font, with a stem and bowl, is dated 1661, and there are 19th-century creed and pater boards.
Local climate
Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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