The Parish Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A Medieval Church.

The Parish Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
crumbling-portal-juniper
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
The Parish Church of St Peter, Parham, Horsham
OS grid reference
TQ 059 140
Coordinates
50.91647, -0.49403
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Parish Church of St Peter is a cruciform building that includes a chancel, a south chapel, a north transept or family pew, a nave, and a west tower. The tower dates from the 15th century, while the south chapel was built in the 16th century. The rest of the church was mostly constructed in the 19th century. It features a Horsham slab roof and has box pews inside.

Local climate

The Parish Church of St Peter receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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