Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church with ancient foundations, largely rebuilt in the 1740s and 1750s and designed by William Baker of Audlem. The church was constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring gable ends and a stone slate roof. A pinnacled west tower of stone was completed in 1786, built in a Georgian Gothick style. The windows are iron casements, with the upper sections semi-circular headed and the lower sections segmental headed. The west doorway has an 8-panelled divided door and a fine Roman Doric column porch set at an angle.

Inside, the church retains a 3-sided gallery supported by Roman Doric columns above square piers. A virtually complete set of box pews runs throughout the nave, aisles, and galleries, with paupers’ pews at the rear. A 17th-century enriched pulpit, a finely carved reredos, and some 18th- and 19th-century wall monuments are also present. Other features include an 18th-century brass chandelier. Large paintings by Edward Penny of Knutsford, depicting St Peter and St Paul, date from 1748. The church is noted for its splendid interior, being particularly complete with galleries, the reredos, box pews, and other 18th-century fittings and paintings.