Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Church. 5 related planning applications.
Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- carved-trefoil-twilight
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North MP: Lucy Rigby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Peter, Mare Fair, Northampton, NN1 1SR
- OS grid reference
- SP 749 603
- Coordinates
- 52.23649, -0.90344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed building, mainly dating from around 1160, although it has Saxon origins. Constructed from stone, it features a chancel, North and South chapels, a nave, and North and South aisles, all connected by a continuous arcade of eight bays. The church showcases typical elaborate ornamentation, including carved capitals, banded columns, moulded bases, decorated arches, and external blind arcading. The western tower was added in the early 17th century, and there is a 15th-century font and crypt. The east end was restored by George Gilbert Scott in 1850. Inside, there are finely carved 18th-century wall tablets and monuments, including one from 1742 dedicated to John Smith, a mezzotint engraver, by John Hunt, and a monument with a bust by M Noble from 1839, commemorating William Smith, the founder of stratigraphical geology. The church is part of a group with Nos 33 to 43 (odd) and 37a, as well as Nos 1 to 3 Black Lion Hill.
Local climate
Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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