Church of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church rebuilt in 1836 and again in 1874 by C J Neale of Mansfield, likely re-using medieval masonry. A west tower was added in 1912, possibly by Currey & Thompson of Derby. The building is constructed of sandstone ashlar and red brick, with Welsh slate roofs, stone coped gables, plain kneelers, and a cross finial on the east gable. Parapets are plain. The church comprises a west tower, nave with a south porch, and a chancel.

The west tower is in a ‘Free Gothic’ style, featuring angle buttresses with three set-offs and a castellated parapet. A polygonal stair turret projects from the north-west corner, its parapet rising above the tower’s parapet. The three-light west window has triangular-headed lights, the central one cusped, under a Gothic arch with almost straight sides, and a hoodmould. Small, cusped lancets are located above on three sides. A clock face is positioned above, displayed on all four sides. The bell stage has paired, louvred bell openings with Gothic arches and almost straight sides, dying into the imposts. Simple hollow moulding and cusping are present. A stringcourse sits at the base of the parapet.

The nave and chancel walls run continuously, but are differentiated externally by a break in the roofline. The north side has three buttresses with two set-offs; to the nave, two three-light windows with flat arches and cusped lancet lights. One similar two-light window is present in the chancel. The south side mirrors the north with three similar buttresses, one against the east wall, and one three-light window to the nave. The east window is a five-light Perpendicular style window with a hoodmould and moulded surround. A gabled south porch is constructed of red brick with heavy rusticated stone quoins and a massive keyed stone lintel, representing a style of circa 1700, though likely dating from 1836 using reused materials.

Inside, the tower arch is triple chamfered and lacks capitals. A broad, double chamfered Perpendicular-style chancel arch is also present. Nave and chancel roofs are supported by kingpost trusses, braced on corbels. An early 12th-century circular tub font displays intersecting blind arcading and a frieze of lozenges overlaid with intermittent circles. A tomb recess in the chancel’s north side features hollow moulding and contains the torso and head of a priest with arms folded and a chalice in his lap, likely dating from the early 15th century. A wall monument in the chancel south side showcases an aedicule with a broken pediment enclosing a coat of arms and is dated 1601. Stained glass includes a west window from circa 1873 by Wailes and a chancel north window from 1896 by Kempe.