Church Of St Peter And St Paul

This is a medieval parish church dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, with fabric dating to the mid-12th century, although much of the exterior was restored in the Victorian period in a perpendicular style. The church is constructed of coursed iron stone rubble. It includes a west tower, a nave with a clerestory and aisles, and a chancel.

The west tower is buttressed and comprises three stages, featuring a two-light tracery opening to the bell chamber and a quatrefoil frieze below an embattled parapet, likely dating from the early 14th century. The south aisle and clerestory are built of banded rubble, with the aisle displaying paired lancet windows to the west, set beneath a round arched hoodmould. A string course and an ashlar course are placed above these windows, which feature squared hoodmoulds. The church was largely rebuilt in 1885. The clerestory has paired, foiled lights with a perpendicular style design. The chancel was rebuilt in 1875 and is also of banded rubble, finished with a stone-tiled roof and cresting, and with an eastern coped gable incorporating a cross. It has traceried windows. The north aisle has a lancet window to the west, while the other windows are decorated. A north door, dating from the late 12th century, is round-arched and sits within a gabled porch constructed in 1884. It has slim piers with delicate capitals and a hollow chamfered, roll-moulded arch.

Inside, the nave has three bays, and the south arcade is the earliest part of the church, dating from the mid-12th century. The round arches are decorated with a zig-zag pattern and roll moulding, supported by round piers with square bases and abaci featuring fluted decoration to the capitals. The north arcade is slightly later; the round piers are more slender, with double-chamfered arches. The abaci are octagonal, and the fluted capital decoration has evolved into a waterleaf design. The westernmost arch on each side disappears into the west wall, likely due to the later construction of the tower encroaching on the main body of the church. The clerestory windows are paired lights set in triangular heads. The roof is Victorian, featuring sturdy chamfered timberwork. The chancel arch is thought to be from the early 13th century, early English in style, with a pointed, triple-chamfered design springing from corbels rather than piers. A rood door is located to the south. The chancel itself is Victorian, with a low stone screen and an openwork timber pulpit. A stone sedile and piscina are also present, along with decorated windows; the east window is set within a tall recess with decorative banded stonework to the east wall. Two arches to the north lead into a vestry.

Furnishings include an undecorated, octagonal font set on an octagonal base, likely dating from the 12th or 13th century, and stained glass from around 1900.