Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1959. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- silver-paling-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1959
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Judds Hill, Bramshaw
- OS grid reference
- SU 264 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94864, -1.62443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in Bramshaw, with its origins dating back to the mid-13th century. The only surviving part from this period is the west nave, while the transepts and the south transept tower were added in 1828 by J Peniston. The chancel was rebuilt and a vestry was added in the late 19th century. The church is constructed from rubble ironstone and flint, with stone dressings and some brick additions. It features flint bands and an old plain tile roof, with the top stage of the tower being weatherboarded.
The church's layout includes a 13th-century chancel and nave, with the chancel rebuilt and a north vestry added in the 19th century. The north transept is small, while the large south transept includes a tower at its southern end. The east window of the chancel is a triple lancet, with single lancets on the sides. The north transept has a late 19th-century three-lancet window, and the large south transept features pointed timber windows. The south tower has a pointed east door, which now serves as the entrance, and a square weatherboarded belfry with louvred openings on each face and a hipped roof.
Inside, the nave has a 19th-century light to the east of the north transept, and there is an external timber staircase leading to a 19th-century gallery door. A blocked 13th-century door with heavy roll-mouldings is located on the south side, along with a 16th-century two-light window to the west. The west wall, which has been much repaired, features a 13th-century stepped triple lancet window with a 19th-century trefoil above it. The interior of the chancel is entirely from the 19th century, except for the north-west door, which dates to the late 13th century. The chancel arch is in the Decorated style, while a plain chamfered arch leads to the north transept.
The nave opens into the south transept, which has a bow-fronted gallery accessed via a staircase in the tower. The nave also features a bow-fronted west gallery dated 1828. Behind the west window is a moulded rere-arch under a label with heads at the springing. The church has a 15th-century roof with a moulded wallplate and cambered tiebeams. The font is old but has been recut, and the tower houses a 13th-century treble bell, which is long and tapered with a square lip.
Local climate
Church of St Peter receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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