Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church dating back to the 13th century, with significant rebuilding in 1335, alterations around 1500, and a late 18th-century modification. It was restored in 1856 by Parsons and Dain, further restored between 1895 and 1897 by Goddard, Paget & Goddard after the spire collapsed, and minor alterations occurred in the early 20th century. The church is constructed from local rubble stone with ashlar dressings and some brick buttresses, and features slate and copper roofs. It comprises a nave and chancel under a continuous roof, a west tower with a spire, a north porch, a south aisle, and a vestry.

The west tower has angle buttresses and a tall, octagonal stone spire rebuilt in 1856, featuring two sets of lucarnes. The spire’s top was renewed in 1947. A pointed arch doorway is at ground level. The second stage has two-light, chamfered, and pointed arch windows with Y-tracery to the north and south. The bell stage has single, two-light, chamfered, and pointed arch openings with reticulated tracery on each face. The tower is topped with battlements, corner pinnacles and gargoyles. The north facade has a two-light pointed arch window with reticulated tracery, followed by a gabled porch with a pointed arch doorway. Three pointed arch windows with early 19th-century intersecting iron tracery are present, separated by buttresses. A large 18th-century brick buttress with six set-offs and a small two-light pointed arch window with reticulated tracery are located above.

At the east end is a five-light four-centred arch window with panel tracery, flanked by angle corner buttresses partly rebuilt in brick. The south facade has a two-light pointed arch window with reticulated tracery in the chancel. The lean-to vestry has a central buttress and a doorway. The south aisle, slightly set back, has a centrally placed pointed arch, chamfered doorway and two flat-headed, two-light windows, all with buttresses between. A clerestory window, formerly a small pointed arch window with reticulated tracery, is located above.

Inside, a four-bay south arcade features double chamfered arches, octagonal piers, and responds. The former chancel arch has octagonal responds with ornately carved capitals and a rood beam added in 1919. Triple arched sedilia include moulded arches and head stops, along with an arched piscina. The timber roof is 16th-century, but altered in the 19th century. A wooden panelled pulpit, likely from 1826, is also present. The east window contains stained glass by Morris & Co, installed in 1935.