Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church built in 1840 by E. Sharpe, featuring alterations. It is constructed from square sandstone and has a slate roof. The building showcases a mixed Gothic style, with a five-bay buttressed nave. The westernmost bay has gablets containing lancets, and the south side features an arched doorway. Each bay has a tall square-headed window with two cusped lights and a hoodmould. The chancel includes a large five-light Perpendicular window.

The slender west tower, partly embraced by the nave, has diagonal buttresses and a tall first stage that was originally open with high two-centred arches on three sides, now filled with two-stage walling that incorporates a west door and various compatible windows. It features dripbands on two levels, single-light cusped belfry louvres with run-out hoodmoulds, a stepped parapet with crocketed pinnacles, and a slender octagonal spire.

Inside, the church has heavy roof trusses with cusped open panels, a west gallery supported by two iron columns, and a moulded and chamfered chancel arch with shafts that have foliated capitals. The building closely resembles the Church of St John the Evangelist in Bretherton, which was designed by the same architect and built around the same time.