Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH STREET (CHURCH END)
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1114096
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH STREET (CHURCH END)
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-05-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/14169/16
- Rights:
- © Mr Peter Tree. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1114096
- Date first listed:
- 31-Oct-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH STREET (CHURCH END)
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH STREET (CHURCH END)
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tempsford
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 16192 53032
Details
TEMPSFORD CHURCH STREET TL 1653 (Church End) 9/96 Church of St Peter 31.10.66 GV II* Parish church. C14 and C15, repaired 1621 and 1874. Coursed ironstone, cobbles and clunch, large parts with clunch and ironstone banding. Ashlar dressings and repairs to tower. Slate roofs. Chancel, nave, N and S aisles, N and S porches, W tower. Chancel: C15. 5-light C20 E window. 2 3-light windows to S, W one probably reworked C17. 4-centred arched S doorway. N elevation has similar 3-light window to W bay, reworked C17. E bay has blocked archway, originally opening onto vestry. C14 pointed chancel arch. Nave: C14. 4-bay pointed-arched arcades to both sides, 2 W arches of S arcade rebuilt C17. Clerestory reworked C17. 4 windows per side, E ones of 3 lights, others of 2 lights, all with pointed heads. Entrances to rood loft stairs remain to NE angle. N aisle: C14 reworked. 2-light C14 E window with pointed arch. C19 lozenge-shaped W window. N windows are C15 restored C19, of 3 lights under 4-centred heads. S aisle: C14. Similar to N aisle but without W window. Nave and aisles have plain parapets. N and S porches: rebuilt 1621. Steep pitched gables with stone coping. Pointed archways. W tower: C14, reworked Cl7. Pointed tower arch. 3 stages. Angle buttresses. Embattled parapet. Ground stage has C19 2-light pointed W window. Middle stage has pointed arched single lights to W and S. Bell-stage has 2-light pointed arched windows to all sides. Interior: rather plain. Roofs C19 and C20, although nave retained C17 egg-and-tongue wall-plate. C19 pewing. C14 octagonal font. Base of C15 rood screen under chancel arch. C15 octagonal pulpit with traceried panels. N aisle SE wall has very indistinct remains of wall painting of St Catherine C14 bracket niches in E walls of aisles. C18 and C19 marble wall monuments to Payne family in tower.
Listing NGR: TL1619253032
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38465
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 14:05:50.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.