Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter, built between 1878 and 1879 by the architectural firm Paley and Austin, is a notable structure located in Nether Wyresdale, Scorton. It is constructed from snecked sandstone rubble and features red tile roofs along with a shingled spire. The church includes a west tower that transitions into a spire, a nave and chancel that share a continuous roof, a north aisle with a pitched roof that is hipped where it meets the organ chamber's roof, and a south porch.

The tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a stair projection on its south side. The bell openings are flat-headed and consist of two lights with reticulated tracery, except for the southern opening, which has one light. The west window features three cusped lights with a moulded pointed head and decorative spandrels. The north tower doorway is designed with a moulded pointed arch. The windows of the north aisle, which have pointed heads and reticulated tracery, include three with three lights, two with two lights, and a west window with two lights. On the south side, the nave has three windows, each with three lights, pointed heads, and flowing tracery. The chancel has two similar windows.

The open porch has a timber upper part adorned with carved tracery decoration. The east window is particularly striking, featuring five lights with a pointed head and flowing tracery. Inside, the church boasts a three-bay arcade with pointed arches that are moulded in two orders, supported by octagonal columns with capitals. The high pointed tower arch is moulded in three orders, while the pointed chancel arch has attached columns as responds. The nave roof is constructed of open timber, with rafters featuring collars and braces, king posts braced to tie beams and arch-braced collars, and a collar plate. The pews, choir stalls, and pulpit are intricately carved with tracery decoration. Additionally, there are twin sedilia with trefoiled heads and a piscina.