Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church with a west tower dating to the 15th century, raised in 1802. The nave and north aisle were rebuilt around 1532, while the south aisle was rebuilt in 1789-91 and the north aisle again in 1802, both with galleries at the time. The nave was raised in 1854-6, the sanctuary enlarged in 1872-3, a south porch was added in 1889, a south-east vestry was added and galleries removed in 1903, and extensive structural repairs were ongoing at the time of a 1991 survey. The church is constructed of sandstone ashlar with slate roofs and is in the Perpendicular style.

The west tower has four unequal stages with a massive moulded plinth, angle-buttresses to half-height, a drip-band over the third stage, a set-back fourth stage with a corbel table, a plain cornice, and an embattled parapet with intermediate and corner pinnacles. It features a 2-centred arched west doorway with a hollow-moulded surround and double doors with scrolled strap hinges. A restored 3-light west window with cusped lights and Perpendicular tracery is also present, along with a smaller 2-light window on the third stage. Clock faces are located in the top stage, above which are small 2-centred arched one-light belfry windows, and a narrow vice or stair-turret with chamfered loop-lights at the south-east corner.

The nave, five bays wide, has a clerestory of square-headed 4-light Tudor-style mullioned windows and an embattled parapet with large crocketed corner pinnacles. The aisles extend eastwards alongside the chancel and are of unequal width and length, with matching Tudor arches containing 4-light mullioned windows on both floors; the first-floor windows are arched, and all have uncusped round-headed lights and hollow spandrels. The south aisle has pilaster-buttresses, a gabled Gothic porch to the second bay, and a plaque inscribed “1799[?]” above it. A wall sundial inscribed "This Dial was constructed by / Mr Whyman of Gawthorpe / in the year 1791" is located between the fourth and fifth bays. The north aisle has an ogee-headed doorway with a plain surround in the second bay, while its westward extension features a 4-light window at first floor level. The chancel has a large 2-centred arched 5-light east window with Perpendicular tracery.

The interior was inaccessible due to ongoing repair work.