Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter probably has Norman origins, with early 14th century work to the nave, aisles, and chancel. The chancel was re-faced in 1667, and the west tower is late 14th century. It was restored in 1875 by R.W. Johnson. The church is constructed of limestone, with some ironstone and lead roofs.

The tower is of three stages, appearing externally as five stages with set-offs. Clasping buttresses develop into angle buttresses at the second external stage. The west doorway has two orders of continuous shafts, below a Perpendicular three-light basket-arched window. There are two-light Decorated ringing climber windows and paired two-light Perpendicular belfry windows under hoods. A quatrefoil lozenge frieze runs below a crenellated parapet, with four corner pinnacles completing the tower. The aisles are supported on angle buttresses. The south aisle has two and three-light Y tracery windows; the east end window has been replaced with a three-light Perpendicular window. A gabled south porch stands on diagonal buttresses, with a moulded arched entrance below a carved panel with moulded jambs and a hood on head stops. The north aisle has a moulded arched door. Three two-light ogeed clerestory windows are on each side under depressed arches. A low side window is located to the west of the chancel south priests’ door, which has a renewed Norman door with a plaque reading "E F 1667" above it. One four-light Perpendicular window is located to the east of the door, under a depressed arch, alongside a two-light Y tracery east window. There are no chancel north openings.

Inside, a three-bay arcade features circular piers to the north and octagonal piers to the south, with moulded circular or polygonal bases and capitals, and double-chamfered arches. The tower arch is tall and double wave moulded with circular responds, and the chancel arch is double chamfered with polygonal responds. The nave roof is of canted and moulded tie beams on arched braces, dropping on wall posts to corbels, with a moulded ridge piece and one pair of moulded butt purlins. A re-worked 12th century font has inset engaged columns to the stem and intersecting arches to the octagonal bowl, with floral motifs within the arches. Three 15th century poppyhead bench ends are in the nave. The aisles have roofs with principals and purlins, the latter moulded to the south side. An arched recess at the east end of the north aisle and a blocked arch in the chancel wall indicate the former presence of a chapel. The chancel roof has canted tie beams on arched braces dropping to wall posts, with carved heads at the base of the wall posts. Eight poppyheads are on 19th century benches in the chancel.