Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church that features a 15th-century tower and the north wall of the nave, with most of the structure rebuilt in 1820 under the patronage of H. G. Knight. The church was burnt down in 1867 and subsequently rebuilt by 1869, with Sir Thomas Woolaston White as the patron. It is constructed of ashlar limestone and has a graduated slate roof. The building includes a west tower, a four-bay nave, and an apsidal chancel that is connected to a north vestry.

The tower has three stages and is designed in the Perpendicular style, featuring a chamfered plinth and a wave-moulded band, with string courses separating the stages. It is flanked by diagonal west buttresses and has a three-light window with a cavetto-moulded surround and a hoodmould. The belfry openings are louvred, two-light windows beneath pointed arches, and the tower is topped with an embattled parapet that includes a north gargoyle and crocketed corner pinnacles, along with a tiled pyramidal roof.

The nave's south wall was rebuilt in 1869, as indicated by a dated rainwater head, and includes a west angle buttress against the tower, a diagonal east buttress, and additional buttresses between the bays. The porch at bay one features a pointed arch with a hoodmould and a crow-stepped gable. The other bays have chamfered, square-headed two-light windows with mouchettes and an eaves cornice. The north wall has two western bays with 15th-century ashlar walling, the position of a blocked north door, and a contemporary window, while the eastern bay is made of rubble with a 19th-century window similar to the south.

The chancel features reticulated tracery in the three-light east window, with flanking two-light windows divided by buttresses and an apex cross. The north vestry has a gabled roof with a two-light window and an apex cross, along with coupled stacks above the vestry.

Inside, the church has a 19th-century tower arch with three chamfered orders to the east, the inner order resting on corbels. The nave and chancel have a string course beneath the windows, contrasting ashlar bands, and contrasting voussoirs to the window heads. A plaque at the west end of the north wall commemorates the fire and rebuilding of 1869. The font features a carved bowl set on a cylindrical pillar with four shafts, inscribed 'Fanny White / Sculpt'. The fittings from 1869 include poppyhead bench ends, and several stained glass windows from 1870 were created by Henry Holiday and made by Powell's.