Church Of St Peter

The Church of St. Peter is a church built between 1821 and 1824 by Peter Atkinson Junior, and it was rebuilt from 1911 to 1913 (except for the west end) by W. D. Carbe of London. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has a Welsh slate roof. The church features twin west towers and a six-bay nave with lean-to six-bay aisles, along with a two-bay chancel that has a later vestry added to the south.

The broad west front is flanked by two tall, four-stage octagonal towers. The third stages of these towers have short lancet windows, while the upper stages form open belfries with Perpendicular openings, gargoyles, pierced parapets, and pinnacles. The central entrance is an arched door flanked by three-light windows. Above this is a large five-light window with Perpendicular panel tracery, flanked by tall, slender two-light windows.

The nave features buttressed aisles, with each bay gabled and containing large three-light windows with Decorated tracery of various designs in the heads. There are also two-light square-headed clerestory windows. The two bays at the west end, on both the north and south sides, have very slender two-light windows and rise above the aisles as short square towers. The chancel has tall two-light windows, and the east end is flanked by broad angle buttresses that support a low arch. Two intermediate buttresses frame a central three-light window and two lower two-light windows, all with Decorated tracery. Below the east end is a passage leading to the crypt.

Inside, the tall nave features a six-bay arcade on slender filleted columns that rise through the clerestory and support the wall posts of the arched-braced roof trusses. The south chapel has been separated to create a smaller chapel. The aisle roofs have wooden transverse vaulting, while the chancel roof is wooden and vaulted, adorned with a well-carved frieze. There is a carved stone font with an excellent tall oak cover from 1916, intricately carved with pierced panels and Decorated tracery, topped with a crocketed spire. The church also contains excellent choir stalls with misericords, featuring superb carvings that depict "The Creation," created in 1924 by H. P. Jackson of Northowram.