Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church dating back to the 13th century, with 14th-century additions and a restoration in 1875 by Sir G. G. Scott. It is constructed of ashlar, with dressed greenstone to the chancel, and incorporates some stock brick. The roofs are slate-covered, with coped gables and single ridge crosses to the east chancel and porch. The church stands on a chamfered plinth and is buttressed, comprising a tower, nave, south porch, north vestry, and chancel.

The two-stage tower features angle buttresses to the lower stage, with the upper stage recessed except at the angles, which terminate at the bell chamber stage, creating the effect of slim clasping buttresses. It has an embattled parapet decorated with single shields on each side. The west wall includes an arched 2-light window of the 19th century with cusped flowing tracery, above which is a single rectangular light. The bell chamber has four openings, each with two arched and cusped lights separated by a transom under a flat arch. A clock face is situated above the eastern opening. On the north nave's west wall is a restored 3-light arched window from the 14th century, displaying cusped flowing tracery, a hood mould, and label stops. The north wall features two restored 3-light arched windows also from the 14th century, with reticulated tracery. The east gable of the nave contains two trefoil arched and cusped openings.

The north vestry projects from the chancel and incorporates a restored 2-light window in the east wall, with cusped tracery, a hood mould, and label stops. The east chancel is dominated by a 4-light arched and restored 14th-century window with cusped flowing tracery, a hood mould, label stops, and a lozenge containing a roundel above it. The south chancel has a 3-light arched window from the 14th century with reticulated tracery, a hood mould, and label stops. To the left of this is a chamfered arched doorway with a hood mould, and further left, a 2-light 14th-century window with cusped tracery under a flat arch. The south nave features two restored 3-light arched windows from the 14th century with reticulated tracery. A stock brick gabled porch with ashlar dressings and a moulded arched entrance, hood mould, and label stops stands to the left. It contains an inner moulded arched doorway.

Inside, a double chamfered tower arch has moulded jambs, while a double chamfered chancel arch incorporates a low 19th-century screen with blind tracery. A double chamfered arch connects the chancel and vestry. The south chancel’s east window has a low sill forming a sedilia, and to the left is a 14th-century ogee arched and cusped piscina. There is also a pointed segmental arched 14th-century aumbry with a hood mould and human head label stops. The south nave contains an ogee arched piscina. A 15th-century ashlar font stands in the nave; its octagonal bowl is decorated with eight carved heads separated by small buttresses and a frieze of fleuron and carved heads. Memorials include one to Maria Brackenbury (1834), featuring a sarcophagus surmounted by a draped urn, and another to Richard Pilkington (1772), featuring a pediment.