Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in Trusthorpe, with origins dating back to the 14th century, and significant alterations made in 1522, 1606, 1842, and 1941. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs. The church includes a western tower, nave, chancel, and vestry.

The three-stage tower, built in 1606, has stepped corner buttresses, one offset, and a battlemented parapet adorned with ashlar corner pinnacles. The belfry lights have semi-circular heads, and there are four inscribed ashlar stones set into the wall of the second stage, likely recording the names of church wardens and builders. The west door features a medieval double chamfered pointed arch that has been reset in a chamfered brick surround with a hood mould. Just below the offset to the second stage is an ashlar datestone inscribed "1606 Anthone Swell."

The nave, dating from 1842, has three pointed windows on either side, with timber tracery and stone hoods. The chancel, added in 1941, has a pair of lancet windows on the north side and a three-light east window. The vestry is located on the north side of the chancel.

Inside, there is a plain double chamfered tower arch alongside a 14th-century statue bracket. The chancel arch features late 14th-century octagonal imposts but is otherwise 20th-century in design. At the west end of the nave, there is a timber gallery supported by two turned pillars, with a panelled front. All interior fittings are from the 19th or 20th century, including the Royal Arms from 1842 located in the gallery. The octagonal font, dating from around 1400, has a panelled stem and cusped ogee panel tracery on the sides. In the tower, there is a rectangular stone plaque that commemorates the construction of a porch in 1522. At the east end of the nave, there is a Gothic wall monument in brass and stone dedicated to William Loft, who died in 1854.