Church of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a Grade II* listed building, constructed in 1869 by the architect G.E. Street for Rev. H.R. Heywood. It is built from rock-faced stone and features a slate roof. The church includes a nave, aisles, a west tower, and a chancel with flanking side chapels and vestries.

This Gothic revival structure has a five-bay nave with a projecting plinth and weathered buttresses. Each bay contains a three-light window with Geometrical tracery, all set below a blind arch and accompanied by a continuous sill band. The aisles have pitched roofs and there is no clerestory. The chancel is highlighted by a five-light east window and is flanked by gabled side chapels, each with three-light windows. A double-gabled vestry with transverse roofs is attached to the north. The steeply pitched roofs are adorned with diamond patterns in green, blue, and grey slates, and the gables are coped with cross finials.

The tower is an unbuttressed three-stage structure featuring a corner octagonal stair turret that rises above the castellated parapet, resembling a gableted pinnacle, and is decorated with grotesque heads at the lower stage. The west side of the tower has a four-light window situated below clock faces, with two-light belfry openings flanked by blind recesses and corner pinnacles.

Inside, the church showcases a double-chamfered nave arcade supported by clustered columns with naturalistic capitals carved by Earp. The nave features an impressive rafter roof, while the chancel has a barrel roof. The chancel is separated from the side chapels by elegant wrought-iron screens and features polychromatic inlaid masonry Gothic panelling on the reredos, along with Minton floor tiles, a sedilia, and a piscina.

The font and pulpit are made of stone and embellished with a fleuron motif, and there is an unusual cast-iron font cover. The interior also includes timber pews, stalls, and an organ chamber. A stone at the base of the tower commemorates the death of the architect in 1881. Stained glass windows are by both Kempe and Morris and Co. This building is a notable example of design by one of the leading Victorian architects, reflecting many ideals of high Victorian church design while maintaining a restrained detailing.