Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Church.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- pitched-forge-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Asby, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 680 132
- Coordinates
- 54.51339, -2.49491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a parish church rebuilt in 1866 in the Gothic Revival style by the architect Hay. It is constructed from coursed sandstone blocks and features stepped buttressing. The roofs are made of graduated slate, with the chancel being lower than the nave, and have stone copings and kneelers. At the west end, a bellcote is supported on a pointed arch between the buttresses. The church has an aisled nave and chancel. The three-bay nave includes a south aisle with three-light trefoil-headed windows, while the other side and west window contain two trefoil-headed lights with a quatrefoil in between, all under pointed containing arches. The east window features three trefoil-headed lights with a large multi-foil above.
There is a gabled south porch with large foliate capitals on the outer door jambs, and the architects' names are inscribed on the soffit of the pointed entrance arch. Inside, the organ is located at the west end. Cylindrical piers with foliate capitals support the south arcade, which consists of pointed arches with a single chamfer made from polychrome stone. Large demi-angel corbels support a similarly moulded chancel arch, while angel musician corbels support the nave roof. On the south side of the chancel, a two-seater sedilia is combined with a piscina, featuring three pointed arches with inner trefoil heads and portrait bust labels. A polygonal stone pulpit on the north side of the nave has sculpted panels, and an octagonal font in the south aisle is similar in style.
Local climate
Church of St Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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