Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade I listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1954. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- former-steeple-bramble
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Street, Moulton
- OS grid reference
- SP 783 664
- Coordinates
- 52.29034, -0.85257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. It is constructed of squared coursed lias and limestone ashlar with a lead roof. The church comprises an aisled nave and chancel, and a west tower. The chancel slightly projects from the north and south aisles and has a 4-light Perpendicular window with a 4-centred head, surmounted by a shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapets and a finial.
The south aisle has a 4-window range, including three 4-light windows with 4-centred heads to the right, and one 2-light window with Y-tracery to the left. An east window with Y-tracery and a 2-light 20th-century west window are also present. A lean-to roof with ashlar gable parapets is a feature. The south porch has a double chamfered arch with corbelled responds, and a shallow pitched roof with ashlar gable parapets. The north aisle has a 3-window range, featuring two 3-light windows with reticulated tracery to the left and one 2-light window with Y-tracery to the right. A north doorway is defined by a double chamfered pointed arch. An east window with reticulated tracery and a 2-light west window with Y-tracery complete the north side. The nave clerestory comprises a 5-window range of 2-light square headed windows, set beneath a shallow pitched roof with ashlar parapets. Animals are positioned at the eastern corners. The west tower has four stages. The west door has a double chamfered pointed arch. A 2-light west window with a quatrefoil sits in the second stage, while the third stage features 2-light bell chamber openings with quatrefoils to each face. The fourth stage is constructed from limestone ashlar, with twin 2-light bell-chamber openings featuring quatrefoils and cusped transoms to each face, and a quatrefoil frieze above a castellated parapet, accentuated by short pinnacles at the corners.
Inside, the chancel is present, alongside a 2-bay south arcade of late 13th-century double chamfered pointed arches resting on octagonal piers, and a similar one-bay north arcade. A 13th-century double chamfered chancel arch is also present. The original nave from the 12th century and its later aisles feature a 4-bay arcade with round arches, supported by square piers with four demi shafts. To the left, the piers have 13th-century octagonal casing at the bases. The north arcade is a similar 13th-century design. The tall tower arch is characterized by four chamfers. The roof is a 19th-century king post and tie beam construction. Stained glass is found in the east and south west windows. A 14th-century piscina is situated to the right of the altar. An 18th-century communion rail features turned balusters. An 18th-century plain baluster font with a gadrooned bowl exists, alongside a 20th-century stone font. A fragment of a Saxon cross shaft, depicting a beast biting its tail, is attached to the south wall. A monument above contains an oval marble tablet commemorating Edmund Gee and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1799. A north wall tablet displays heraldic decoration relating to the Saunderson family, likely from the 18th century, and is reset. Fragments of 13th-century masonry and a stone coffin lid are also present below. The spire was removed in 1702.
Local climate
Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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